Heraclean
- a word derived from Heracles.
Example Sentences
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But all nations with whom it was found associate it with regions where Heraclean myths prevailed.
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius
That the Italian Heracleans should have preserved the ancient language and writing to the fifth century after the building of Rome so faithfully as the famous Heraclean Tables show us, is very remarkable.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
The Heraclean tables from a Laconian colony in S. Italy have curious forms in -ασσι for the dat. pl. of the participle πρασσόντασσι = Attic πράττουσι.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
His Breton sailor, Hervé Riel, has more than a touch of the Heraclean frankness of gaiety in arduous effort.
From Robert Browning by Dowden, Edward
Now here is the Christian change of the Heraclean conquest of Death into Christ's Resurrection.
From The Pleasures of England Lectures given in Oxford by Ruskin, John
