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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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The Heraclidae, who thus became practically masters of Peloponnesus, proceeded to distribute its territory among themselves by lot.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

It is noticeable that there is no mention of these Heraclidae or their invasion in Homer or Hesiod.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Such are the main features of the legend of the Return of the Heraclidae.

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

The three seem to be three earliest of the extant plays; they are also—if we count the Heraclidae as mutilated—the three shortest.

From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes

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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