Re: [tied] Heralkes.

> A possibility: Herakles < Her- < Egyptian Heru (Horus) ? Herodotus stated
> that Herakles had Egyptian roots, and "Black Athena theory" include this
> idea.

What of the notion that Herakles comes from Hera - which comes from e-grade
of PIE *yer-a "year/summer" (from *ei- "to go") and is related to Greek hwra
"season" (o-grade of *Yer-).
Hera is "E-ra" in Mycenaean inscriptions.

-Chris Gwinn