Heracles

[her-uh-kleez]

noun

Hercules(def 1).
Also called Heracles Furens [fyoo r-uh ns] /ˈfyʊər əns/. (italics) a tragedy (420? b.c.) by Euripides.

Origin of Heracles

< Greek Hēraklês, literally, having the glory of Hera, equivalent to Hḗra Hera + -klēs, akin to kléos glory, fame

Related formsHer·a·cle·an, adjective

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Contemporary Examples

Heracles goes on his twelve labours, not to better mankind, but to achieve immortality and atone for his own sins.
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Mythic heroes, especially Heracles, wrestled monsters and wild beasts at the beginning of time.
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See Now Then is the story of Mr. and Mrs. Sweet and their two children Persephone and Heracles.
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One could have found men who were said to have fought alongside Heracles.
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Historical Examples

Yes, I said, but Heracles himself is said not to be a match for two.
Phaedo
Plato
Dionysodorus rejoins that Iolaus was no more the nephew of Heracles than of Socrates.
Euthydemus
Plato
By Heracles, I said, there never was such a paragon, if he has only one other slight addition.
Charmides
Plato
Of whom are Heracles and the Dioscuri, and there are others also named.
The Symposium
Xenophon
Follow in the steps of Heracles, our guide, and cheer each the other onwards by name.
Anabasis
Xenophon

British Dictionary definitions for heracles

Heracles

Herakles

noun

the usual name (in Greek) for Hercules 1

Derived FormsHeraclean or Heraklean, adjective

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Word Origin and History for heracles

Heracles

also Herakles, alternate (more classically correct) forms of Hercules.

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Examples from the Web for heracles

Contemporary Examples

Heracles goes on his twelve labours, not to better mankind, but to achieve immortality and atone for his own sins.

Mythic heroes, especially Heracles, wrestled monsters and wild beasts at the beginning of time.

See Now Then is the story of Mr. and Mrs. Sweet and their two children Persephone and Heracles.

One could have found men who were said to have fought alongside Heracles.

Historical Examples

Yes, I said, but Heracles himself is said not to be a match for two.

Dionysodorus rejoins that Iolaus was no more the nephew of Heracles than of Socrates.

By Heracles, I said, there never was such a paragon, if he has only one other slight addition.

Of whom are Heracles and the Dioscuri, and there are others also named.

Follow in the steps of Heracles, our guide, and cheer each the other onwards by name.

Heracles

Herakles

Word Origin and History for heracles

Heracles

Origin of Heracles