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Heraclidae

American  
[her-uh-klahy-dee] / ˌhɛr əˈklaɪ di /
Or Heracleidae

noun

  1. a drama (429? b.c.) by Euripides.


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Lysander's father is said to have been Aristoclitus, who was not indeed of the royal family, but yet of the stock of the Heraclidae.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

The Heraclidae and the Dorians now divided between them the dominions of Tisamenus and of the other Achaean princes.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

Hence this migration is called the Return of the Heraclidae.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

But that he was of great antiquity may be gathered from a passage in Xenophon, where he makes him contemporary with the Heraclidae.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

The Heraclidae is a very poor piece; its conclusion is singularly bald.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John

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