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Okay, I'll bite—what's the joke here?
It's two jokes. Firstly, "Barbarian" was a ancient Greek-"invented" term for people who don't speak Greek (or heavy dialects of Greek). The generally accepted theory is that "Barbar" is them imitating sounds they don't understand, similar to a modern "blabla". Secondly, Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek Heracles.
Ah, yes, of course... I had heard both of those little factoids before, but I needed this reminder, as it turns out 😅