Heracles

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 translations at 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 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) Parthian: WRTRGN Portuguese: Héracles (pt) 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

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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

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