- Ἡρᾶκλέης
- Ἡρᾶκλέης, gen. Ἡρᾶκλῆος: Heracles, son of Zeus and Alcmēna, Il. 19.98; his celebrated labors, Il. 8.362, Od. 11.623, Od. 21.26; he destroys the Troy of Laomedon, and conquers Pylos, Il. 20.145, Il. 5.642, Il. 11.689 ff., cf. Il. 5.392, 397; his death, and his shade, Il. 18.117, Od. 11.601. Heracles was celebrated in song as a national hero before the time of Homer, Od. 11.602, 267. Epithets, θεῖος, θρασυμέμνων, κρατερόφρων, καρτερόθῦμος.
A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό). 2010.