Heraclid
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Heraclidae
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The wrestling went to Carus the Heraclid, who won the garland from Odysseus.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
The balance of power saved Sparta, when the two other Heraclid states fell into disorder.
From Laws by Benjamin Jowett
Concerning the effeminacy of the Codridæ, see Heraclid.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
The history of Macedonia is obscure till the time of the Persian wars; but its kings claimed an Heraclid origin.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
Like the old Heraclid colony, we are fortunate in escaping the abolition of debts and the distribution of land, which are difficult and dangerous questions.
From Laws by Benjamin Jowett
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 Sir William Smith
The Achaei originally inhabited the neighborhood of Argos; when driven thence by the Heraclidae, they retired among the Ionians, expelled the natives, and seized their thirteen cities, forming the Achaean League.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Aristarchus says he lived about the period of the Ionian emigration; this happened sixty years after the return of the Heraclidae.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
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
The Heraclidae was undoubtedly written with a similar view in respect to Lacedaemon.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by John Black
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