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Her·a·cles    Audio Help   [her-uh-kleez] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Hercules (def. 1).
2.Also called Heracles Furens    Audio Help   [fyoor-uhns] Pronunciation Key. (italics) a tragedy (420? b.c.) by Euripides.

[Origin: < Gk Héraklês, lit., having the glory of Hera, equiv. to Hra Hera + -klés, akin to kléos glory, fame]

Her·a·cle·an, adjective
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Her·a·cles or Her·a·kles    Audio Help   (hěr'ə-klēz')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Greek & Roman Mythology
Variants of Hercules.

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Her·cu·les    Audio Help   (hûr'kyə-lēz')  Pronunciation Key 
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  1. also Her·a·cles or Her·a·kles (hěr'ə-klēz') Greek & Roman Mythology The son of Zeus and Alcmene, a hero of extraordinary strength who won immortality by performing 12 labors demanded by the Argive king Eurystheus.
  2. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Lyra and Corona Borealis.


[Latin, from Greek Hēraklēs : Hērā, Hera + kleos, fame; see kleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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heracles

noun
(classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality [syn: Hercules

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