Heracles

See also Héraclès

English

Alternative forms

• Herakles
• Hêraklês (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Heraklēs), apparently from Ἥρα (Hēra, “Hera”) + κλέος (kleos, “glory”).

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Heracles

1. (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

• Armenian: Հերակլես (hy) (Herakles)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赫拉克勒斯 (cmn) (Hèlākèlèsī)

• Czech: Héraklés (cs) m
• Danish: Herakles (da)
• Finnish: Herakles (fi)
• French: Héraclès (fr)
• German: Herakles (de)
• Greek: Ηρακλής (el) (Iraklís) m
• Greenlandic: Heraklesi (kl)

• Hungarian: Héraklész (hu)
• Icelandic: Herakles (is) m
• Inuktitut: ᐦᐄᕋᒃᓖᔅ (iu) (Hiirakliis)
• Italian: Eracle (it)
• Japanese: ヘラクレス (ja) (Herakuresu)
• Macedonian: Херакле (mk) (Hérakle) m
• Old Armenian: Հերակլէս (Heraklēs)
• Russian: Геракл (ru) (Gerákl) m
• Swahili: Herakle (sw)
• Ukrainian: Геракл (uk) (Herákl) m

See also

• Hercules