Ἡρακλέα (Heraklea)

Ἡρακλέα is an Ancient Greek form of Ἡρακλῆς, meaning “Heracles — the great hero, son of Zeus and Alcmene”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of Ἡρακλέης, “Heracles”.

It can also be a form of Ἡράκλεια, “Herakleia — Heraclea (name of several cities)”.

Found 293 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 1.6.89: Κλεόβουλος Εὐαγόρου Λίνδιος, ὡς δὲ Δοῦρις, Κάρ· ἔνιοι δὲ εἰς Ἡρακλέα ἀναφέρειν τὸ γένος αὐτόν· ῥώμῃ δὲ καὶ κάλλει διαφέρειν, μετασχεῖν τε τῆς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ φιλοσοφίας. γενέσθαι τε α …

Lucian of Samosata, Dialogi mortuorum 26.3: … ἀφίξεται πάντως. φέρει δὲ παραμυθίαν καὶ ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ πράγματος καὶ τὸ μὴ μόνον αὐτὸν πεπονθέναι. ὁρᾷς τὸν Ηρακλέα καὶ τὸν Μελέαγρον καὶ ἄλλους θαυμαστοὺς ἄνδρας, οἳ οὐκ ἂν οἶμαι δέξαιντο ἀνελθεῖν, εἴ τις αὐτοὺς ἀναπέμψειε θ …

All forms of Ἡρακλῆς (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.