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Heraclidae

American  
[her-uh-klahy-dee] / ˌhɛr əˈklaɪ di /
Or Heracleidae

noun

  1. a drama (429? b.c.) by Euripides.


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Mango Capac, the son of the sun, is as authentic a founder of a royal race, as the progenitor of the Heraclidae.

From Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third by Walpole, Horace

This is the portion of historic truth contained in the myth of the Return of the Heraclidae, the descendants of Hercules, to the old kingdom of their ancestor.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

The point is clear so far, that Lycurgus himself is said to have lived in the days of the Heraclidae.

From Polity Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Dakyns, Henry Graham

But the affair of the Heraclidae took place eighty years after the destruction of Troy.

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