Two Hercules or is that Herculi?

[Zeuxis]

This just happened when the last French city flipped independent.

I assume it granted the city two of the most powerful units that were available to France, but really......

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

This just happened when the last French city flipped independent.

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I assume it granted the city two of the most powerful units that were available to France, but really......

Somebody won the Herculottery?

 

[Zeuxis]

Herculicious

 

[Thormodr]

Free Hercules!

Well Free City Hercules, anyway.

 

[Zaarin]

Herakleis (or Heraklei in the dual), in Greek; in Latin Herculēs is both singular and plural. /linguisticpedantry

 

[Zeuxis]

If there was only one Hercules/Harakleis why would they need a plural?

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

If there was only one Hercules/Harakleis why would they need a plural?

They needed a plural because the "wandering hero performing Great Deeds" is found all through Greek, Roman, Celtic, Middle Eastern and German mythology, and every one of them that the Greeks heard about, they identified as Herakleis. There was a Herculotofthem.

 

[Zaarin]

If there was only one Hercules/Harakleis why would they need a plural?

I'm just basing that on Greek third declension nouns, but as Boris said the Greeks also interpreted many local "strong heroes" as Herakles.

 

[Victoria]

Maybe one was Poirot… even though it is a French city.
Maybe one is a Hercule

 

[Zaarin]

Maybe one was Poirot…

Not the hero we got but the one we need. *adjusts moustache*

 

[Alaindor]

This just happened when the last French city flipped independent..

Pity you won't be able to keep them even when that Free City flips to your side... two Hercules, oh my!

 

[Linklite]

If there was only one Hercules/Harakleis why would they need a plural?

For the same reason that you can say "two Boris Johnsons" or "two Donald Trumps". The grammatical rules have to exist for other purposes, and you can apply them to words, even where it doesn't make sense. Or it might, just in niche circumstances - "I got hit so hard on the head that I began seeing double...it seemed like there were two Herakleis!"

 

[Naeshar]

Maybe one was Poirot… even though it is a French city.
Maybe one is a Hercule

Belgian, not French.

 

[Victoria]

Belgian, not French.

Ikr!
That’s why I said

even though

I am a poirot fan