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Hercules, say, one sent to prison in mythical time (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

heroic age

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'mythical time' is the definition.
'heroic age' can be an answer for 'time' (I have seen 'Legendary time' mean 'heroic age' so perhaps 'time' could also mean 'heroic age'). I am unsure of the 'mythical' bit.

'hercules say one sent to prison' is the wordplay.
'hercules say' becomes 'hero' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'sent to' says to put letters next to each other.
'prison' becomes 'cage' (cage is a kind of prison).
'hero'+'i'+'cage'='HEROIC AGE'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for heroic age that I've seen is " Legendary time".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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