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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

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

The graves of Amphitryon, Iolaus, and Alcmena, and the Gymnasium for the Iolaän or Heraclean games, were in front of the gate of Prœtidæ, Pind.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

Hence it was that I decided the question in my friend's favor, and a week or two later had him in at "The Heraclean" for luncheon.

From R. Holmes & Co. by Bangs, John Kendrick

All ordinary architectural lion sculpture is derived from the Heraclean.

From The Pleasures of England Lectures given in Oxford by Ruskin, John