Ἡρακλεῖ (Heraklei)

Ἡρακλεῖ is an Ancient Greek form of Ἡρακλῆς, meaning “Heracles — the great hero, son of Zeus and Alcmene”.

It can also be a form of Ἡρακλέης, “Heracles”. It is the dative singular masculine noun.

Found 193 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.73.2: … οὺς δὲ ἀνθρώπους ἄρτι ἀσμένους ἀπὸ ναυμαχίας τε μεγάλης ἀναπεπαυμένους καὶ ἅμα ἑορτῆς οὔσης (ἔτυχε γὰρ αὐτοῖς Ἡρακλεῖ ταύτην τὴν ἡμέραν θυσία οὖσα) οὐ δοκεῖν ἂν ῥᾳδίως ἐθελῆσαι ὑπακοῦσαι· ὑπὸ γὰρ τοῦ περιχαροῦς τῆς νίκης πρὸς π …

Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 25.71: Ἀμφιτρυωνιάδῃ Ἡρακλέι· τὸν δὲ γέροντα

Demosthenes, On the False Embassy 86: … ὶ παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις, ἐπειδὴ δʼ ὑπὸ τούτων παρεκρούσθητε, παῖδας καὶ γυναῖκας ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν κατεκομίζεσθε καὶ τὰ Ἡράκλειʼ ἐντὸς τείχους θύειν ἐψηφίζεσθε, εἰρήνης οὔσης. ὃ καὶ θαυμάζω, εἰ τὸν μηδὲ τοὺς θεούς, καθʼ ὃ πάτριον ἦν, τιμᾶ …

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.