# Looking for the names of Hercules's daughters.

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**Created:** [May 17, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-names-of-herculess-daughters/814335 "2018-05-17T07:22:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-names-of-herculess-daughters/814335/1 "2018-05-17T07:22:16Z")

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Hi,

Of all the names listed of Hercules’s children from different wives and lovers, wikipedia provides a list but no genders. I would be interested in knowing which names are female. I look forward to your feedback

> **[Heracles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracles)**
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> Heracles (/ˈhɛrəkliːz/ HERR-ə-kleez; Greek: Ἡρακλῆς, lit. "glory/fame of Hera"), born Alcaeus (Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios) or Alcides (Ἀλκείδης, Alkeidēs), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon. He was a great-grandson and half-brother (as they are both sired by the god Zeus) of Perseus, and similarly a half-brother of Dionysus. He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae (Ἡρακλεῖδα Many ...

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**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-names-of-herculess-daughters/814335/2 "2018-05-17T08:47:44Z")

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> [@davidmich](#):
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> Hi,
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> Of all the names listed of Hercules’s children from different wives and lovers, wikipedia provides a list but no genders. I would be interested in knowing which names are female. I look forward to your feedback
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> [Heracles - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracles)

I believe they are all sons.

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**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-names-of-herculess-daughters/814335/3 "2018-05-17T10:16:02Z")

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The following females are allegedly daughters of Heracles:  
Agelaus, Aphrodite III, Creontiades, Epione/Epeione, Eucleia, Macaria, Manto, Ophites

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**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-names-of-herculess-daughters/814335/4 "2018-05-17T10:22:33Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> The following females are allegedly daughters of Heracles:  
> Agelaus, Aphrodite III, Creontiades, Epione/Epeione, Eucleia, Macaria, Manto, Ophites

Agelaus and Ophites are definitely male.

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**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-names-of-herculess-daughters/814335/5 "2018-05-17T10:31:25Z")

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Oops! _Mea culpa._

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**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-names-of-herculess-daughters/814335/6 "2018-05-17T13:09:59Z")

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> [@davidmich](#):
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> Agelaus and Ophites are definitely male.

Thanks anyway Septimus.

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Without being a scholar of classics by any stretch, I believe ancient Greek female names usually ended in ‘o’, ‘e’, and ‘a’, while male names usually ended in ‘s’, ‘r’, ‘n’.

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**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-names-of-herculess-daughters/814335/8 "2018-05-21T17:13:02Z")

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I don’t know the statistics among the various declensions, but plenty of women’s names end in -os, -is, etc. (e.g., Artemis).