• Archpawn@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Headcanon: Hercules actively kept people using his Roman name even as the Greek names became more popular because “Heracles” means “Hera is great” and he knows first-hand that she is not. Though I’m not sure why he doesn’t just go by his birth name of Alcaeus.