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.

   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

• leachers

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Héracles, Hércules

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Heracles m

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