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Heracles

Heracles

See also: Héracles and Héraclès

English

Alternative forms

Herakles
Hêraklês (dated)

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.

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Heracles m

(Greek mythology) Heracles (the son of Zeus)