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"Hercules" is the Roman name for the Greek god "Heracles" .
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoHercules is the God's Roman name; Heracles is his Greek name
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What's the difference between Hercules and heracles?
Heracles is his original Greek name, Hercules is the Roman version.
What was Hercules roman name?
Romans adopted Heracles as Hercules
Where is Hercules?
Mt. Olympus Hercules is actually not from Mount Olympus - Heracles is. Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek Heracles. Heracles was born in Thebes, and I do not know where Hercules was born.
What is Heracles mean?
Hercules or Heracles is a Greek/Roman hero
Where does Hercules live?
Mt. Olympus Hercules is actually not from Mount Olympus - Heracles is. Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek Heracles. Heracles was born in Thebes, and I do not know where Hercules was born.
What was the Nickname of Heracles?
Hercules.
Why does everyone call Heracles by his Roman name?
It was the Romans who called Heracles Hercules, its Roman name. Hercules was the Roman equivalent of Heracles. Needless to say that the Greeks used the name Heracles.
What is Hercules full name?
The real name for the greek hero "Hercules" was Heracles, but when the Romans invaded and took over the adopted the myth and named the hero Hercules. So Hercules is roman, but Heracles is greek.
What is Hercules' Greek name?
Hercules's Greek name is Heracles.
Is Hercules a greek hero?
Actually no, Hercules is the roman equivalent of Heracles, a demigod (half god half human). So the father of Hercules is Jupiter/Heracles is Zeus. On the other side of the problem Hercules/Heracles are not two different persons but to different names of the same idea. Anyway the bottom line is that either you call him Hercules or Heracles you refer to the same thing. also there are some differences between the two: Hercules, it is now believed that substitutes a old italic hero called Garanus with similar attributes and story.
What was Hercules greek name?
Heracles.
What is Heracles's Roman name?
hercules
