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.
Coordinate terms: Hercules, Melqart

Translations

the son of Zeus — see also Hercules

Armenian: Հերակլես (hy) (Herakles)
Old Armenian: Հերակլէս (Heraklēs)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 赫拉克勒斯 (Hèlākèlèsī)
Coptic: ⲏⲣⲁⲕⲗⲁⲥ (ēraklas)
Czech: Héraklés m
Danish: Herakles
Esperanto: Heraklo
Finnish: Herakles
French: Héraclès (fr) m
German: Herakles (de) m
Greek: Ηρακλής (el) m (Iraklís)
Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς m (Hēraklês)
Greenlandic: Heraklesi
Hungarian: Héraklész (hu)
Icelandic: Herakles (is) m
Inuktitut: ᐦᐄᕋᒃᓖᔅ (hiirakliis)
Irish: Earcail m
Italian: Eracle m
Japanese: ヘラクレス (Herakuresu), ヘーラクレース (Hērakurēsu)
Korean: 헤라클레스 (Herakeulleseu)
Macedonian: Херакле m (Herakle)
Marathi: हरक्युलीझ m (harakyulījh), हेराक्लेस m (herākles)
Parthian: WRTRGN
Polish: Herakles (pl) m
Portuguese: Héracles (pt) m
Romanian: Heracle m
Russian: Гера́кл (ru) m (Gerákl)
Slovak: Herakles m
Spanish: Heracles (es) m, Héracles m
Swahili: Herakle
Ukrainian: Гера́кл (uk) m (Herákl)

Further reading

Heracles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Héracles, Hércules

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eˈɾakles/ [eˈɾa.kles]
Rhymes: -akles
Syllabification: He‧ra‧cles

Proper noun

Heracles m

(Greek mythology) Heracles (the son of Zeus)

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