Heracles

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demigod hero in Greek mythology mythological character

Heracles is a legendary hero of Greek mythology renowned for his superhuman strength and his completion of the Twelve Labors.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Heracles canonical	211
Hercules	18
Herakles	3
Heracles (in some versions)	2
Ηρακλής	2
Heracles (accidentally, in some traditions)	1
Heracles (in some myths)	1
Heracles and his labors	1
Heracles of Greek mythology	1
Heracles, son of Zeus and Alcmene	1
Hercle	1
Hercules (in some interpretations)	1
Hercules (mythology)	1
Victor McLaglen as Hercules	1
Ἡρακλῆς	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	demigod ⓘ hero in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological character ⓘ
afterlifeResidence	Mount Olympus ⓘ
appearsIn	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ surface form: Library of Apollodorus Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: The Iliad Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: The Odyssey Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ surface form: Theogony
associatedReligion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
associatedWith	Argos ⓘ Mount Oeta ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
causeOfDeath	poisoned robe from Deianira ⓘ
child	Hyllus ⓘ Macaria ⓘ Telephus ⓘ Tlepolemus ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
deathPlace	Mount Oeta ⓘ
deified	yes ⓘ
domain	heroic feats ⓘ strength ⓘ
father	Zeus ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
grandfather	Amphitryon ⓘ
greekName	Heracles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ἡρακλῆς
honoredAs	patron of athletes ⓘ protector of heroes ⓘ
killed	Erymanthian Boar ⓘ LernaeanHydra ⓘ surface form: Lernaean Hydra Nemean lion myth ⓘ surface form: Nemean Lion Stymphalian Birds ⓘ
knownFor	Heracles cycle ⓘ surface form: Twelve Labors superhuman strength ⓘ
labour	Hesperides ⓘ surface form: Apples of the Hesperides Augean Stables ⓘ Belt of Hippolyta ⓘ Capture of Cerberus ⓘ Cattle of Geryon ⓘ Ceryneian Hind ⓘ Cretan Bull ⓘ Erymanthian Boar ⓘ LernaeanHydra ⓘ surface form: Lernaean Hydra Stymphalian Birds ⓘ surface form: Mares of Diomedes Nemean lion myth ⓘ surface form: Nemean Lion Stymphalian Birds ⓘ
latinName	Heracles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hercules
lover	Iole ⓘ Omphale ⓘ
mother	Alcmene ⓘ
namedAfter	Hera ⓘ
orderedBy	Eurystheus ⓘ
persecutedBy	Hera ⓘ
romanEquivalent	Heracles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hercules
served	Eurystheus ⓘ
spouse	Deianira ⓘ Hebe ⓘ Megara ⓘ
symbol	club ⓘ lion skin ⓘ
weapon	bow and arrows ⓘ club ⓘ

Referenced by (246)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prometheus → rescuedBy → Heracles ⓘ

Prometheus → freedBy → Heracles ⓘ

Zeus → child → Heracles ⓘ

Ancient Greek religion → hasMythologicalFigure → Heracles ⓘ

Apollodorus' Bibliotheca → covers → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heracles and his labors

Mycenae and Tiryns → linkedToMythology → Heracles ⓘ

Diocletian's Tetrarchy → associatedDeity → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Hesperides → connectedTo → Heracles ⓘ

Arecibo message → targetConstellation → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Apollo → sibling → Heracles ⓘ

Nemean Games → associatedWith → Heracles ⓘ

Heracles → greekName → Heracles self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ἡρακλῆς

Heracles → latinName → Heracles self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Heracles → romanEquivalent → Heracles self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Gigantomachy → involvesDeity → Heracles ⓘ

Gigantomachy → involvesHero → Heracles ⓘ

Ares → defeatedBy → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heracles (in some myths)

Alcmene → motherOf → Heracles ⓘ

Alcmene → childrenWithZeus → Heracles ⓘ

Boeotia → mythologicalAssociation → Heracles ⓘ

Let Love → hasPart → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Theseus → rescuedBy → Heracles ⓘ

Amazonomachy → featuresCharacter → Heracles ⓘ

Maximian → associatedDeity → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Euripides → notableWork → Heracles ⓘ

Samnites → pantheon → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Roman religion → hasDeity → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

James Woods → notableWork → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Chrysothemis → guardedFrom → Heracles ⓘ

Argonautica → featuresHero → Heracles ⓘ

Hesperia → connectedToHero → Heracles ⓘ

Commodus → claimedDivinity → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Hespere → opposedBy → Heracles ⓘ

Avengers → member → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Thebes → associatedWithMythologicalFigure → Heracles ⓘ

Antaeus → enemy → Heracles ⓘ

Antaeus → killedBy → Heracles ⓘ

Antaeus → defeatedBy → Heracles ⓘ

Băile Herculane → namedAfter → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Heraklion → namedAfter → Heracles ⓘ

Pillars of Hercules → associatedWith → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Pillars of Hercules → associatedWith → Heracles ⓘ

Argead dynasty → claimedDescentFrom → Heracles ⓘ

Echidna → associatedWithHero → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herakles

Heracles cycle → hasMainCharacter → Heracles ⓘ

Greco-Roman mythology → hasHero → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules

Herculaneum → namedAfter → Heracles ⓘ

Cacus → enemyOf → Heracles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hercules