Heracles or Hercules ?

Answer 1

To may to or to mah to?

Potayto or potahto?

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Answer 2

Heracles is a character in Greek Mythology. His equivalent in Roman Mythology is Hercules.

Answer 3

Heracles is the correct way to say his name. The english language screwed up the name, thus calling him Hercules. It is also spelled like Herakles in some texts.

Answer 4

Heracles or Hercules is the same,
Heracles is according to Greek Mythology,
Hercules was the Roman name


In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera", or Alcides, original name) "Ἥρα + κλέος, Ἡρακλῆς)" was a divine hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, stepson of Amphitryon and great-grandson (and half-brother) of Perseus.

He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, the ancestor of royal clans and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters.

In Rome and the modern West, he is known as Hercules, with whom the later Roman Emperors, in particular Commodus and Maximinus, often identified themselves. The Romans adopted the Greek version of his life and works essentially unchanged, but added anecdotal detail of their own, some of it linking the hero with the geography of the Central Mediterranean. Details of his cult were adapted to Rome as well.

Extraordinary strength, courage, ingenuity, and sexual prowess with both males and females[citation needed] were among his characteristic attributes. Although he was not as clever as the likes of Odysseus or Nestor, Heracles used his wits on several occasions when his strength did not suffice, such as when laboring for King Augeias, wrestling the giant Antaeus, or tricking Atlas into taking the sky back onto his shoulders. Together with Hermes he was the patron and protector of gymnasia and palaestrae. His iconographic attributes are the lion skin and the club. These qualities did not prevent him from being regarded as a playful figure who used games to relax from his labors and played a great deal with children. By conquering dangerous archaic forces he is said to have "made the world safe for mankind" and to be its benefactor.

Answer 5

Hercules is the Latin name for Heracles also known as Herakles.

Some further details for clarification:
In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera", or Alcides, original name) "ρα κλέος, ρακλς)" was a divine hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, stepson of Amphitryon and great-grandson (and half-brother) of Perseus. He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, the ancestor of royal clans and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters.

In Rome and the modern West, he is known as Hercules, with whom the later Roman Emperors, in particular Commodus and Maximinus, often identified themselves.

The Romans adopted the Greek version of his life and works essentially unchanged, but added anecdotal detail of their own, some of it linking the hero with the geography of the Central Mediterranean. Details of his cult were adapted to Rome as well.

Hope that helps!

Answer 6

Heracles (ironically meaning "Glory of Hera") is the Greek name. Hercules is the Latin and Roman name for him.

Answer 7

Heracles is the proper Greek spelling of the name. Herculese is the english version of the name.

Answer 8

Heracles is greek. Hercules is roman. Same demi-god.

Answer 9

Heracles, which is the greek name, means "Hera's Curse" or "Hera's Glory" (they are unsure about this).

Hercules is the Roman name, changed so Romans felt ownership of the stories.

Answer 10

Herakles is the Hellenic name identifying Him as the Glory of Hera.

Hercules is the Latin name which derives from the Etruscan Hercle.

Due to Interpretatio Romana, Roman religion easily and readily adapted the Hellenic into the Etrusco-Roman.

Answer 11

Neither! Before either of these, the Egyptians called him Harakhti, the sun-god setting into his burning funeral pyre in the west.
He was known in the Far East as Heruka.