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Famous Names Ending With "-es"

All of these answers (most of them people or characters) end with an "-es" that sounds like "ees".
All answers are singular proper nouns
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Last updated: March 26, 2026
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The father of Western philosophical tradition
Socrates
Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer
Archimedes
Greek "Father of Comedy"
Aristofanes
Greek "Father of Medicine"
Hippocrates
One of the three great Greek tragedians
Sophocles or Euripides
Greek general who also led Athens (Shakespeare play)
Pericles
Greek god of war
Ares
Greek messenger of the gods
Hermes
Greek god of the dead
Hades
Greek hero of the Trojan War
Achilles
The greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity
Heracles
The Roman equivalent of the above
Hercules
Courtier of Dionysus, his "sword" a symbol of ever-present danger
Damocles
Latin name for the Greek hero of The Odyssey
Ulysses
Roman goddess of agriculture, or dwarf planet
Ceres
Fifth king of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia
Xerxes
Egyptian pharaoh who was called "the Great"
Ramesses
German folklore demon in the Faust legend
Mephistopheles
Family name of Dune protagonist Paul
Atreides
Female name meaning "mercies", or a make of car
Mercedes
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7 Comments
Jango
+1
Level 63
Jun 13, 2021
Nice quiz, even though it does put my (lack of!) knowledge of Classics to shame!

You might like to add Damocles - it was one of the few answers I could think of but then it didn't show up... 😮

interopia
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Level 90
Jun 14, 2021
Thanks for the idea!
Gademotsili99
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Level 61
Dec 22, 2024
So essentially most ancient Greeks lol
PeregrineFalcon
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Level 79
Dec 23, 2024
Nice quiz. It's spelled Euripides.
vermiciousknid
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Level 91
Dec 27, 2024
Good quiz!

I agree with PeregrineFalcon about Euripides, I think that's the more common spelling.

Possible additions that came to mind for me include Greek orator Demosthenes, or Paul Atreides from Dune.

overtired
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Level 88
Mar 26, 2026
Not sure if it's intentional, but Heracles and Hercules both reveal both answers. I think they have auto type-ins.
interopia
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Level 90
Mar 26, 2026
I appreciate the heads up! Fixed.
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