Heracleidae
- a variation of Heraclidae.
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Thus, while Athens is glorified, Sparta, whose kings are descendants of the Heracleidae, is reminded how unnatural would be an alliance between herself and Argos.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
In the Heracleidae, the sons of the dead Heracles, persecuted by the Argive Eurystheus, are received and sheltered at Athens.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
She was regarded as the ancestress of the Heracleidae, and worshipped at Thebes and Athens.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The legend of the return of the Heracleidae was to be justified by their later history.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.
Two Euripidean features appear in the Heracleidae, of uncertain date.
From Authors of Greece by Lumb, T. W.
