Heraclid
Americannoun
plural
Heraclidaenoun
Other Word Forms
- Heraclidan adjective
Example Sentences
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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 Jowett, Benjamin
The wrestling went to Carus the Heraclid, who won the garland from Odysseus.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
Who those Heraclid princes were exactly is obscure.
From The Ancient East by Hogarth, D. G. (David George)
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 Lord, John
Concerning the effeminacy of the Codridæ, see Heraclid.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
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