Heracles

See also: Héracles and Héraclès

English

Alternative forms

Herakles
Hêraklês (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), from Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛɹəkliːz/

Proper noun

Heracles

(Greek mythology): Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.

Translations

the son of Zeus — See also translations at Hercules

Armenian: Հերակլես (hy) (Herakles)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 赫拉克勒斯 (Hèlākèlèsī)
Czech: Héraklés m
Danish: Herakles
Finnish: Herakles
French: Héraclès (fr)
German: Herakles
Greek: Ηρακλής (el) m (Iraklís)
Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς m (Hēraklês)
Greenlandic: Heraklesi
Hungarian: Héraklész

Icelandic: Herakles (is) m
Inuktitut: ᐦᐄᕋᒃᓖᔅ (hiirakliis)
Irish: Earcail m
Italian: Eracle
Japanese: ヘラクレス (Herakuresu)
Macedonian: Херакле m (Hérakle)
Old Armenian: Հերակլէս (Heraklēs)
Portuguese: Héracles (pt) m
Russian: Гера́кл (ru) m (Gerákl)
Spanish: Heracles (es) m, Héracles m
Swahili: Herakle
Ukrainian: Геракл (uk) m (Herákl)

See also

Hercules

Anagrams

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Heracles m

(Greek mythology) Heracles (the son of Zeus)

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