Heraclidae
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The Heraclidae was undoubtedly written with a similar view in respect to Lacedaemon.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John
The fruit of his labours was his Ἱστορίαι in 29 books, the first universal history, beginning with the return of the Heraclidae to Peloponnesus, as the first well-attested historical event.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
This is the portion of historic truth contained in the myth of the Return of the Heraclidae, the descendants of Hercules, to the old kingdom of their ancestor.
From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park
But the affair of the Heraclidae took place eighty years after the destruction of Troy.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
Crates reports that he lived before the return of the Heraclidae, so he was not altogether eighty years distant from the Trojan War.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
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