Heraclidae
Americannoun
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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 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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
Such are the main features of the legend of the Return of the Heraclidae.
From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir
Such a scheme, undertaken by men who had shared with one another toils and dangers, sanctioned by the Delphian oracle, under the guidance of the Heraclidae, seemed to have a promise of permanence.
From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin
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
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