- plural of Heraclid.
Heraclidae
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Although some hold opinion that this ceremony is retained in memory of the Heraclidae, who were thus entertained and brought up by the Athenians.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
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
We Athenians are the sons of Theseus, ranged against the Heraclidae, Dorians, and Ionians.
From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August
The three seem to be three earliest of the extant plays; they are also—if we count the Heraclidae as mutilated—the three shortest.
From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes
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
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