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

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 — See also translations at Hercules

• Armenian: Հերակլես (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)
• 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

• Héracles
• Hércules

Proper noun

Heracles m

1. (Greek mythology) Heracles (the son of Zeus)