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Definition: Hercules

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality.[Wordnet]
2. A large constellation in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis.[Wordnet]
3. A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors.".[Websters]
4. A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Hercules" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: Hercules

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A constellation in the northern hemisphere, containing 113 stars.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
19th Century Satire The Gritty Greek (no relation to the Terrible Turk), an independent laborer, who always had a good job awaiting him. It is interesting to recall the days when non-union labor had all the work it wanted. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Aerospace See constellation. Abbreviation Her, Herc. (references)
Biographical Satire HERCULES, the Sandow of the ancients, promoter of the Olympic games and laborer. H. claimed to have done some things which are even questioned by the partisans of Doctor Cook. Killed about everybody, erected two pillars, stole some apples, and, in short, did everything but enter politics or invent a breakfast food. Ambition: The thirteenth labor. Recreation: Muscle development, travel. Address: The Pillars. Clubs: Athletic. Epitaph: Now Is A Mighty Man Fallen. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Geography 1: Hercules is geographically located in Belize. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 16.516667 degrees North latitude and 88.4 degrees West longitude. (references)
  2: Hercules is geographically located in Canada. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 53.433333 degrees North latitude and 113.333333 degrees West longitude. (references)
  3: Hercules is geographically located in South Africa. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work), and a section of populated place. Its geographic coordinates are 25.716667 degrees South latitude and 28.183333 degrees East longitude. (references)
Literature 1: "Those stars in the neighbourhood of Hercules are mostly found to be approaching the earth, and those which lie in the opposite direction to be receding from it." - Newconib: Popular Astro- nomy, part iv. chap. i. p. 458.
2: (1) To slay the Nemean lion.
3: (10) To take captive the oxen of the monster Geryon.
4: (11) To get possession of the apples of the Hesperides.
5: (12) To bring up from the infernal regions the three-headed dog Cerberos.
6: (2) To kill the Lernean hydra.
7: (3) To catch and retain the Arcadian stag.
8: (4) To destroy the Erymanthian boar.
9: (5) To cleanse the stables of King Augeas.
10: (6) To destroy the cannibal birds of the Lake Stymphalis.
11: (7) To take captive the Cretan bull.
12: (8) To catch the horses of the Thracian Diomedes.
13: (9) To get possession of the girdle of Hippolyte, Queen of the Amazons.
14: Cleansed Augeas' staffs, and made the birds from Lake stymphalis flee;
15: Fetched apples from the Hesperides and Cerberos from Hades. E.C.B.
16: Hercules (3 syl.), in astronomy, a large northern constellation.
17: Hercules (3 syl.). A Grecian hero, possessed of the utmost amount of physical strength and vigour that the human frame is capable of. He is represented as brawny, muscular, shortnecked, and of huge proportions. The Pythian told him if he would serve Eurystheus for twelve years he should become immortal; accordingly he bound himself to the Argive king, who imposed upon him twelve tasks of great difficulty and danger:
18: Th' Arcadian stag and monster boar before Eurystheus drew;
19: The Attic Hercules. Theseus (2 syl.), who went about like Hercule, his great contemporary, destroying robbers and achieving wondrous exploits.
20: The Cretan bull, and Thracian neares, first seized and then set tree;
21: The Egyptian Hercules. Sesostris. (Flourished B. C. 1500.)
22: The Farnese Hercules. A celebrated work of art, copied by Glykon from an original by Lysippos. It exhibits the hero, exhausted by toil, leaning upon his club; his left hand rests upon his back, and grasps one of the apples of the Hesperides. A copy of this famous statue stands in the gardens of the Tuileries, Paris; but Glykon's statue is in the Farnese Palace at Rome. A beautiful description of this statue is given by Thomson (Liberty, iv.).
23: The Jewish Hercules. Samson. (Died B. C. 1113.)
24: The Neinean lion first he killed, then Lernes hydra slew;
25: Took prize the Amazonian belt, brought Geryon's kine from Gades;. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Wiktionary 1: [Proper noun] (astronomy) A crater in the first quadrant on the moon. (references)
  2: [Proper noun] (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It lies between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis. (references)
  3: [Proper noun] (Greek mythology) Son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labors performed to redeem himself after killing his family. (references)

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Common Expressions: Hercules

Expressions Definition
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a 2005 anthology of short stories edited by David Sedaris. (references)
Farnese Hercules The Farnese Hercules stood for generations in his own room at Palazzo Farnese, Rome, frescoed with his feats by Federico Zuccaro in 1566-69 (as Vasari noted). The is now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale NapoliMuseo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. The Hercules is one of the most famous sculptures of antiquity, and has fixed the image of Hercules in the European imagination. The sculpture is a 3rd century Roman copy (or perhaps one made in the Athenian studio of Glycon) of a sculpture by Lysippos or one of his circle, in the 4th century BCE. The chronicler Ulisse Aldrovandi recorded in 1592 that the statue had been unearthed in 1546 in the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla (dedicated in 216 CE). It quickly made its way into the collection of Alessandro Farnese, nephew of Pope Paul III. Alessandro Farnese was well placed to form one of the greatest collections of classical sculpture that has been assembled since Antiquity. (references)
Garnet Hercules Mackley Garnet Hercules Mackley (December 9, 1883 - April 24, 1986) was a New Zealand businessman, railway manager and politician. (references)
Great Globular Cluster in Hercules The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (also known as the Hercules Globular Cluster, Messier Object 13, Messier 13, M13, or NGC 6205) is a globular cluster in the Hercules constellation at right ascension 16h 41.7m and declination +36° 28'. (references)
GTF Hercules The Hercules (known informally as the Herc) is a heavy assault fighter developed during the Great War, possibly based upon captured Shivan technologies. Compared to other contemporary fighters (such as the Loki and Ulysses fighters), the Hercules is far superior in terms of shielding and firepower, and posed a great threat even to capital ships during the Great War era. (references)
Hercules (1907) The Hercules is a 1907 built steam tug, which is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. (references)
Hercules (constellation) Hercules is the fifth largest of the 88 modern constellations. It was also one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations. It was named after the Roman name (Hercules) of the Greek mythological hero Herakles. (references)
Hercules (crater) Hercules is a prominent crater located in the northwest part of the Moon, to the east of Atlas crater. It lies along the east edge of a southward extension in the Mare Frigoris. To the west across the mare is the Bürg crater. To the south is the ruined crater Williams. (references)
Hercules (disambiguation) Hercules is a mythical hero and son of the king of the greek gods, Zeus. (references)
Hercules Against The Moon Men In the original Italian language version, the hero was not Hercules but Maciste, and it's original Italian title was Maciste e la regina di Samar (Maciste and the Queen of Samar). Its French title was Maciste contre les hommes de pierre (a rough translation would be Maciste vs. the Stone Men), but the English distributors dubbed him to be Hercules, because Maciste, originally a hero in silent Italian cinema, was not well-known to American audiences. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: Hercules

Expressions Domain Definition
Columns of Hercules Literature 1: Two large pyramidal columns set up by the Phoenicians as lighthouses and landmarks, dedicated, one to Hercules (the sun), and the other to Astarte (the moon).
2: By the Greeks and Romans the two pyramidal mountains at the Straits of Gibraltar (Calpe and Abyla), the former in Europe and the latter in Africa, were termed the Pillars of Hercules. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Farnese Hercules Antiquities Farnese Hercules. A colossal statue executed by Glycon of Athens, and representing Hercules clothed in a lion's skin and resting on his huge club, while in his right hand he holds the three golden apples of the Hesperides. The statue, which is now in the Museo Nazionale at Naples, was found at Rome in the Thermae of Caracalla in 1540. It then lacked the legs and the left hand, which were restored by Della Porta after a model in terra cotta by Michael Angelo. Twenty years later the original legs were found in a well three miles from the place whence the statue itself was taken. The work is evidently of a comparatively late period, and shows a tendency to exaggeration in the overstrained effort to express muscular strength, which led Thackeray to characterize it as a “clumsy, caricatured porter. ”. (references)
Farnese Hercules Literature 1: [Far-na'-ze Hercu-lees ]. A name given to Glykon's copy of the famous statue of Lysippos, the Greek sculptor in the time of Alexander the Great. It represents the hero leaning on his club, with one hand on his back, as if he had just got possession of the apple of the Hesperides. Farnese is the name of a celebrated family in Italy, which became extinct in 1731.
2: "It struck me that an ironclad is to a wooden vessel what the Farnese Hercules is to the Apollo Belvidere. The Hercules is not without a beauty of its own." - The Times (Paris correspondent).
3: (The). Christopher Glück (1714-1787). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Hercules powder Mining Weak form of dynamite, based on nitroglycerin and a semiactive carrying dope. (references)
Hercules Secundus Literature Commodus, the Roman Emperor, gave himself this title. He was a gigantic idiot, of whom it is said that he killed 100 lions in the amphitheatre, and gave none of them more than one blow. He also overthrew 1,000 gladiators. (161, 180-192.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Hercules stone Mining See: lodestone. (references)
NIKE HERCULES air defence system Military & Defense The PATRIOT is a highly advanced air defence system capable of tracking dozens of targets automatically and intercepting five simultaneously; it can be deployed against low-flying targets as well as aircraft at very high altitude; successor to the obsolete NIKE HERCULES. The HAWK is a guided missile system principally designed to counter low-flying targets. Source: European Union. (references)
Pillars of Hercules Literature (The). The opposite rocks at the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea, one in Spain and the other on the African continent. The tale is that they were bound together till Hercules tore them asunder in order to get to Gades (Cadiz). The ancients called them Calpe and Abyla; we call them Gibraltar Rock and Mount Hacho, on which stands the fortress of Ceuta (Kutah). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Hercules

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
HERCULES English Hand-held Earth-oriented Real-time User-friendly Location-targeting and Environmental System N/A
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Extended Definition: Hercules

Hercules

Gilded bronze "Hercules of the Forum Boarium", with the apple of the Hesperides, Roman 2nd century BCE; found in the Forum Boarium in the 15th century (Capitoline Museums)

Hercules is the Roman name for the mythical Greek hero Heracles, son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmena. Early Roman sources suggest that the imported Greek hero supplanted a mythic Italian shepherd called "Recaranus" or "Garanus", famous for his strength. While adopting much of the Greek Heracles' iconography and mythology as his own, Hercules adopted a number of myths and characteristics that were distinctly Roman.


Etymology

Heracles' Latin name is not directly borrowed from Greek Hercules but is a modification of the Etruscan name Hercle, which derives from the Greek name via syncope. An oath invoking Hercules (Hercle! or Mehercle!) was a common interjection in Classical Latin.[1]

Character

In Roman works of art and in Renaissance and post-Renaissance art that adapts Roman iconography, Hercules can be identified by his attributes, the lion skin and the club: in mosaic he is shown tanned black, a virile aspect.[2] While he was a champion and a great warrior, he was not above cheating and using any unfair trick to his advantage. However, he was renowned as having "made the world safe for mankind" by destroying many dangerous monsters. His self-sacrifice obtained him the ascent to the Olympian realms and he was welcomed by the gods.

Roman cult

Gilded bronze Roman "Hercules of the Theatre of Pompey", found near the Theatre of Pompey in 1864, (Vatican Museums, Rome);[3]

In their popular culture the Romans adopted the Etruscan Hercle, a hero-figure that had already been influenced by Greek culture — especially in the conventions of his representation — but who had experienced an autonomous development. Etruscan Hercle appears in the elaborate illustrative engraved designs on the backs of Etruscan bronze mirrors made during the fourth century BC, which were favoured grave goods. Their specific literary references have been lost, with the loss of all Etruscan literature, but the image of the mature, bearded Hercules suckling at Uni/Juno's breast, engraved on a mirror back from Volterra, is distinctively Etruscan. This Hercle/Hercules — the Hercle of the ejaculation "Mehercle!" — remained a popular cult figure in the Roman legions. The literary Greek versions of his life and works were appropriated by literate Romans from the 2nd century BC onwards, essentially unchanged, but Latin literature of Hercules added anecdotal detail of its own, some of it linking the hero with the geography of the Western Mediterranean. Details of the Greek cult, which mixed chthonic libations and uneaten holocausts with Olympian services, were adapted to specifically Roman requirements as well, as Hercules became the founding figure of Herculaneum and other places, and his cult became entwined with Imperial cult, as shown in surviving frescoes in the Herculanean collegium. His altar has been dated to the 6th or 5th century BC. It stood near the Temple of Hercules Victor. Hercules became popular with merchants, who customarily paid him a tithe of their profits.

Marcus Antonius identified himself with Hercules, and even invented a son of Hercules, called Anton, from whom Antonius claimed descent. In response, his enemy Octavianus identified with Apollo.

Some early emperors took up the attributes of Hercules (eg Traianus), and later Roman Emperors, in particular Commodus and Maximian, went further and often identified or compared themselves with him and supported his cult; Maximianus styled himself "Herculius".

The cult of Hercules spread through the Roman world. In Roman Egypt, what is believed to be the remains of a Temple of Hercules are found in the Bahariya Oasis.

Myths of Hercules

The Romans adopted the myths of Heracles including his twelve labors, essentially unchanged, but added anecdotal detail of their own, some of it linking Hercules with the geography of the Western Mediterranean.

In Roman mythology, Acca Larentia was Hercules' mistress. She was married to Tarutius, a wealthy merchant. When he died, she gave his money to charity. In another version, she was the wife of Faustulus.

In Aeneid 8.195ff., Vergilius relates a myth about Hercules' defeating the monstrous Cacus, who lived in a cave under the Palatine Hill (one of the eventual Seven Hills of Rome).

Germanic association

Tacitus records a special affinity of the Germanic peoples for Hercules. In chapter 3 of his Germania, Tacitus states:

... they say that Hercules, too, once visited them; and when going into battle, they sang of him first of all heroes. They have also those songs of theirs, by the recital of this barditus[4] as they call it, they rouse their courage, while from the note they augur the result of the approaching conflict. For, as their line shouts, they inspire or feel alarm.

Roman era Hercules' Clubs appear from the 2nd to 3rd century, spread over the empire (including Roman Britain, c.f. Cool 1986), mostly made of gold, shaped like wooden apples. A specimen found in Köln-Nippes bears the inscription "DEO HER[culi]", confirming the association with Hercules.

In the 5th to 7th centuries, during the Migration Period, the amulet is theorized to have rapidly spread from the Elbe Germanic area across Europe. These Germanic "Donar's Clubs" were made from deer antler, bone or wood, more rarely also from Bronze or precious metals. They are found exclusively in female graves, apparently worn either as a belt pendant, or as an ear pendant. The amulet type is replaced by the Viking Age Thor's hammer pendants in the course of the Christianization of Scandinavia from the 8th to 9th century.

Art

Roman images of Hercules were based upon Hellenistic Greek images and might be contrasted with the images of Hercules that appear in Attic vase-painting (see Heracles). One aspect of Greek Hercules was not adopted by Roman culture: the ambivalent relationship with his patroness/antagonist Hera that was "Hera's man", Hercules.

Gallery of ancient interpretations

Hercules and the Nemean Lion (detail), silver plate, 6th century BC (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris)

Hercules frescoes in the collegium at Herculaneum

Hercules and his nephew, helper and eromenos Iolaus
1st c. CE mosaic from the Anzio Nymphaeum, Rome

Statutes of a religious association in Roman-era Greece whose members worshipped Hercules

Hercules bronze statue form the second century in the museum of Alanya, Turkey

Hercules in popular culture

Main article: Hercules in popular culture

Since the Renaissance, Hercules has rarely been distinguished from Heracles, the Roman figure overshadowing the Greek. Later interpretations of Hercules' legend cast him as a wise leader and a good friend (many of the movie and TV adaptations cast him in this light, especially the 1995-1999 syndicated TV series). The legend of Hercules endures, though often co-opted to suit the political fashion of the day. Hercules has also had an undeniable influence on modern pop culture characters such as He-Man. The legend of Hercules has been described in many movie and television adaptations, including several comic series featuring the hero. Hercules has been the hero of both Marvel Comics and DC Comics adventure comic books. In DC, he has often been associated with Wonder Woman. In Marvel, he has dealt with Amadeus Cho, The Hulk, The Eternals, and others.

Hercules in numismatics

Hercules has been the main motif of many collector coins and medals, the most recent one is the famous 20 euro Baroque Silver coin issued in September 11, 2002. The obverse side of the coin shows the Grand Staircase in the town palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy in Vienna, currently the Austrian Ministry of Finance. Gods and demi-gods hold its flights, while Hercules stands at the turn of the stairs.

Gallery of modern interpretations

"Hercules and the Hydra" by Antonio Pollaiuolo

American actor Steve Reeves in the 1958 Italian film Le Fatiche di Ercole (The Labors of Hercules, or Hercules)

Promotional poster for the 1997 Disney animated feature Hercules

Austrian commemorative coin featuring Hercules.

See also

  • Diomedes' carnivorous horses
  • Heracles
  • Pillars of Hercules
  • Labours of Hercules
  • Zeus

Notes

  1. W. M. Lindsay, "Mehercle and Herc(v)lvs. [Mehercle and Herc(u)lus]" The Classical Quarterly 12.2 (April 1918:58).
  2. The Classical and Hellenistic conventions of frescoes and mosaics is to show women as pale-skinned and men as tanned dark from their outdoor arena of action and exercising in the gymnasium.(See also[1] and [2]).
  3. The sculpture had been carefully buried in Antiquity, having been struck by lightning.
  4. or, baritus, there being scribal variants. In the 17th century, the word entered the German language as barditus and was associated with the Celtic bards.

External Links

The Twelve Labours of Heracles
Nemean Lion · Lernaean Hydra · Ceryneian Hind · Erymanthian Boar · Augean Stables · Stymphalian birds · Cretan Bull · Mares of Diomedes · Girdle of Hippolyte · Cows of Geryon · Apples of the Hesperides · Cerberus

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Hercules". Image Credit.
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Translations: Hercules

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya هِرَقْل (Hercules). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha هِرَقْل (Hercules). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Andhra భీముడి వంటి వొక శూరుడు (Hercules). Additional references: Andhra, India, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Annamese những công việc đòi hỏi phải có sức khoẻ phi thường (Herculian labours, the labours of Hercules). Additional references: Annamese, Viet Nam, China, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic هِرَقْل (Hercules). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski Херкулес (Hercules, Heracles), Юначага (Hercules), Здравеняк (Hercules), съзвездието Херкулес (Hercules). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) kherkules (Hercules, Heracles), yunachaga (Hercules), zdravenyak (Hercules), sʺzvezdieto kherkules (Hercules). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian Herkules (Hercules), Herkul (Hercules). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Breton Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Breton, France, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Brezhoneg Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Brezhoneg, France, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian Херкулес (Hercules, Heracles), Юначага (Hercules), Здравеняк (Hercules), съзвездието Херкулес (Hercules). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) kherkules (Hercules, Heracles), yunachaga (Hercules), zdravenyak (Hercules), sʺzvezdieto kherkules (Hercules). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Capeverdian Disk (to urinate, urinate, disengage, distinguish, to disengage). Additional references: Capeverdian, France, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Catalan Heracles (Hercules). Additional references: Catalan, Spain, Andorra, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Tai วีรบุรุษในนิยายกรีกที่มีกำลังมหาศาล (Hercules), กลุ่มดาวเฮอร์คิลิส (Hercules), กลุ่มดาวเฮอร์คิวลีส (Hercules), เครื่องบินลำเลียงซี-130 (C-130 Hercules). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina Herkules (Hercules), Herkul (Hercules). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 大力士 (Hercules, beefeater, Samson, strongman, Sampson), 大力英雄 (Hercules, Heracles, herakles), 力士 (Heracles, herakles, Hercules), 武仙座 (herakles, Hercules), 屓 (gigantic strength, Hercules), 屭 (gigantic strength, Hercules). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 大力士 (Hercules, strongman), 大力英雄 (Heracles, herakles, Hercules), 力士 (Heracles, herakles, Hercules), 屭 (gigantic strength, Hercules), 屓 (gigantic strength, Hercules), 單色顯示卡 (Hercules), 大力士監控卡 (Hercules graphic adapter). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Ching những công việc đòi hỏi phải có sức khoẻ phi thường (Herculian labours, the labours of Hercules). Additional references: Ching, Viet Nam, China, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Corse Ercule (Hercules, Heracles), Erculu (bruiser, Heracles, Hercules, strongman), Culossu (colossus, giant, Hercules, monster). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsi Ercule (Hercules, Heracles), Erculu (bruiser, Heracles, Hercules, strongman), Culossu (colossus, giant, Hercules, monster). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsican Ercule (Hercules, Heracles), Erculu (bruiser, Heracles, Hercules, strongman), Culossu (colossus, giant, Hercules, monster). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Corso Ercule (Hercules, Heracles), Erculu (bruiser, Heracles, Hercules, strongman), Culossu (colossus, giant, Hercules, monster). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsu Ercule (Hercules, Heracles), Erculu (bruiser, Heracles, Hercules, strongman), Culossu (colossus, giant, Hercules, monster). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Creole Pyèsnonm (Hercules), Mal-lous (Hercules). Additional references: Creole, Caribbean, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Cymraeg Ercwlff (Hercules). Additional references: Cymraeg, United Kingdom, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech Herkules (Hercules), Herkul (Hercules). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari هركول (Hercules), پهلوان نامي اساطير يونان و روم (Hercules), پهلوان نامى اساطير يونان و روم (Hercules). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Herkules (Hercules), Hercules (Hercules), Herakles (Heracles, Hercules). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch Hercules (Heracles, Hercules), Heracles (Hercules). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Français Hercule (Hercules, Heracles, bruiser, strongman), colosse (colossus, giant, monster, Hercules, colossal), homme d'une grande force (Hercules). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
French Hercule (Hercules, Heracles, bruiser, strongman), colosse (colossus, giant, monster, Hercules, colossal), homme d'une grande force (Hercules). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Gentoo భీముడి వంటి వొక శూరుడు (Hercules). Additional references: Gentoo, India, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
German Herkules (Hercules), Hercules (Hercules), Herakles (Heracles, Hercules). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Gin những công việc đòi hỏi phải có sức khoẻ phi thường (Herculian labours, the labours of Hercules). Additional references: Gin, Viet Nam, China, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek Ηρακλήσ (Heracles, Hercules). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) iraklis (Heracles, Hercules). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 헤프쿨레스 자리 (Hercules), 헤르쿨레스 (Hercules), 초인적인 힘을 가진 사람 (Hercules), 〈그리스 신화〉 헤르쿨레스 (Hercules), 힘이 매우 센 사람 (Hercules), 헤라클레스 (Hercules, Heracles), 헤르쿨레스자리 (Hercules), 큰 딱정벌레 (Hercules beetle), 헤르쿨레스 풍뎅이 (Hercules beetle). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 헤프쿨레스 자리 (Hercules), 헤르쿨레스 (Hercules), 초인적인 힘을 가진 사람 (Hercules), 〈그리스 신화〉 헤르쿨레스 (Hercules), 힘이 매우 센 사람 (Hercules), 헤라클레스 (Hercules, Heracles), 헤르쿨레스자리 (Hercules), 큰 딱정벌레 (Hercules beetle), 헤르쿨레스 풍뎅이 (Hercules beetle). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew הרקולס (Heracles, Hercules), ִרקולס (Hercules), בנו של זאוס שנודע בכוחו ואומץ ליבו (Heracles, Hercules), C-130 הרקולס (C-130 Hercules). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic هِرَقْل (Hercules). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Herkules (Hercules), Hercules (Hercules), Herakles (Heracles, Hercules). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Herkules (Hercules), Hercules (Hercules), Herakles (Heracles, Hercules). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian Ercole (Hercules), le Colonne d'Ercole (the Pillars of Hercules), le fatiche d'Ercole (the labours of Hercules), un uomo di forza erculea (a Hercules), un ercole (a Hercules), Tempio di Ercole (Temple of Hercules Victor), hercules riflettoriasospensione (HERCULES HIGHBAYREFLECTORS), hercules versioni non cablate (Hercules unwired versions), hercules riflettori a sospensione (Hercules high bay reflectors), hercules complementi tecnici per l'installazione (Hercules complementary installation items). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit הרקולס (Heracles, Hercules), ִרקולס (Hercules), בנו של זאוס שנודע בכוחו ואומץ ליבו (Heracles, Hercules), C-130 הרקולס (C-130 Hercules). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ハーキュリーズ (Hercules), ヘラクレス (Herakles, Hercules, Heracles), へーラクレース (Heracles, Hercules), ハーキユリーズ (Hercules), ヘルクレス座 (Hercules), ナイキハーキュリーズ (Nike Hercules), ヘラクレスのクラブ (Hercules club, Hercules-club), ヘラクレスの冒険 (The Labours of Hercules), ヘラクレスオオカブト (Hercules beetle). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Jing những công việc đòi hỏi phải có sức khoẻ phi thường (Herculian labours, the labours of Hercules). Additional references: Jing, Viet Nam, China, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Kinh những công việc đòi hỏi phải có sức khoẻ phi thường (Herculian labours, the labours of Hercules). Additional references: Kinh, Viet Nam, China, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 헤프쿨레스 자리 (Hercules), 헤르쿨레스 (Hercules), 초인적인 힘을 가진 사람 (Hercules), 〈그리스 신화〉 헤르쿨레스 (Hercules), 힘이 매우 센 사람 (Hercules), 헤라클레스 (Hercules, Heracles), 헤르쿨레스자리 (Hercules), 큰 딱정벌레 (Hercules beetle), 헤르쿨레스 풍뎅이 (Hercules beetle). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Lietuvi Heraklis (Hercules). Additional references: Lietuvi, Lithuania, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Litauische Heraklis (Hercules). Additional references: Litauische, Lithuania, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Litewski Heraklis (Hercules). Additional references: Litewski, Lithuania, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Lithuanian Heraklis (Hercules). Additional references: Lithuanian, Lithuania, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Litovskiy Heraklis (Hercules). Additional references: Litovskiy, Lithuania, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Liutuviskai Heraklis (Hercules). Additional references: Liutuviskai, Lithuania, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi هركول (Hercules), پهلوان نامي اساطير يونان و روم (Hercules), پهلوان نامى اساطير يونان و روم (Hercules). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian هركول (Hercules), پهلوان نامي اساطير يونان و روم (Hercules), پهلوان نامى اساطير يونان و روم (Hercules). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) هركول (Hercules), پهلوان نامي اساطير يونان و روم (Hercules), پهلوان نامى اساطير يونان و روم (Hercules). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese Hercúleo (herculean, Hercules, strong). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian геркулес (Hercules), силач (Hercules, strongman, strongmen), графическая карта Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics card), видеоадаптер Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics, Hercules graphics adapter), видеостандарт Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) gerkules (Hercules), silach (Hercules, strongman, strongmen), graficheskaya karta Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics card), videoadapter Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics, Hercules graphics adapter), videostandart Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki геркулес (Hercules), силач (Hercules, strongman, strongmen), графическая карта Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics card), видеоадаптер Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics, Hercules graphics adapter), видеостандарт Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) gerkules (Hercules), silach (Hercules, strongman, strongmen), graficheskaya karta Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics card), videoadapter Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics, Hercules graphics adapter), videostandart Hercules Graphics (Hercules graphics). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) video kartica (graphics card, Hercules, SVGA), herkul (Hercules), grafička kartica (graphics card, Hercules, SVGA). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese วีรบุรุษในนิยายกรีกที่มีกำลังมหาศาล (Hercules), กลุ่มดาวเฮอร์คิลิส (Hercules), กลุ่มดาวเฮอร์คิวลีส (Hercules), เครื่องบินลำเลียงซี-130 (C-130 Hercules). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovene Herkul (Hercules). Additional references: Slovene, Slovenia, Austria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovenian Herkul (Hercules). Additional references: Slovenian, Slovenia, Austria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovenscina Herkul (Hercules). Additional references: Slovenscina, Slovenia, Austria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish Hércules (Hercules). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai วีรบุรุษในนิยายกรีกที่มีกำลังมหาศาล (Hercules), กลุ่มดาวเฮอร์คิลิส (Hercules), กลุ่มดาวเฮอร์คิวลีส (Hercules), เครื่องบินลำเลียงซี-130 (C-130 Hercules). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish Herkules (Hercules). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Tailangi భీముడి వంటి వొక శూరుడు (Hercules). Additional references: Tailangi, India, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Telangire భీముడి వంటి వొక శూరుడు (Hercules). Additional references: Telangire, India, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Telegu భీముడి వంటి వొక శూరుడు (Hercules). Additional references: Telegu, India, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Telgi భీముడి వంటి వొక శూరుడు (Hercules). Additional references: Telgi, India, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Telugu భీముడి వంటి వొక శూరుడు (Hercules). Additional references: Telugu, India, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Tengu భీముడి వంటి వొక శూరుడు (Hercules). Additional references: Tengu, India, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Terangi భీముడి వంటి వొక శూరుడు (Hercules). Additional references: Terangi, India, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai วีรบุรุษในนิยายกรีกที่มีกำลังมหาศาล (Hercules), กลุ่มดาวเฮอร์คิลิส (Hercules), กลุ่มดาวเฮอร์คิวลีส (Hercules), เครื่องบินลำเลียงซี-130 (C-130 Hercules). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang วีรบุรุษในนิยายกรีกที่มีกำลังมหาศาล (Hercules), กลุ่มดาวเฮอร์คิลิส (Hercules), กลุ่มดาวเฮอร์คิวลีส (Hercules), เครื่องบินลำเลียงซี-130 (C-130 Hercules). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Tolangan భీముడి వంటి వొక శూరుడు (Hercules). Additional references: Tolangan, India, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish Herkül Takımyıldızı (Hercules), Herkül (Hercules, Samson). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Viet những công việc đòi hỏi phải có sức khoẻ phi thường (Herculian labours, the labours of Hercules). Additional references: Viet, Viet Nam, China, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Vietnamese những công việc đòi hỏi phải có sức khoẻ phi thường (Herculian labours, the labours of Hercules). Additional references: Vietnamese, Viet Nam, China, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
Welsh Ercwlff (Hercules). Additional references: Welsh, United Kingdom, Hercules. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Hercules

Language Translations for “Hercules” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Hathagercathagulathages (Hercules). Additional references: Athag, Hercules. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Hagercagulages (Hercules). Additional references: Double Dutch, Hercules. (volunteer)
Esperanto Herkulo (Heracles, Hercules). Additional references: Esperanto, Hercules. (volunteer)
Ido Herkulo (Hercules). Additional references: Ido, Hercules. (volunteer)
Leet #3|2¢|_|#35 (Hercules). Additional references: Leet, Hercules. (volunteer)
Oppish Hopercopulopes (Hercules). Additional references: Oppish, Hercules. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Erculeshay (Hercules). Additional references: Pig Latin, Hercules. (volunteer)
Terran A herkulo (hercules). Additional references: Terran A, Hercules. (volunteer)
Terran B Herkule (Hercules). Additional references: Terran B, Hercules. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Hubercubulubes (Hercules). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Hercules. (volunteer)
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Ancestral and Extinct Language Translations: Hercules

Language Period Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Latin 500 BCE - 1700 herculis (a Greek hero of great strength, Hercules), herculem (you can recognize Hercules), ex pede Herculem (Hercules from the foot). Additional references: Latin, Hercules. (volunteer)
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