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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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The Heraclidae ruled in Lacedaemon till 221 B.C., but disappeared much earlier in the other countries.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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

We Athenians are the sons of Theseus, ranged against the Heraclidae, Dorians, and Ionians.

From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August

How much of the air and sun does this form take from the descendant of the Heraclidae?'

From Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The Heraclidae repaired their ships, sailed from Naupactus to Antirrhium, and thence to Rhium in Peloponnesus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various