- plural of Heraclid.
Heraclidae
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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
The Heraclidae is a very poor piece; its conclusion is singularly bald.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John
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
The fruit of his labours was his Ἱστορίαι in 29 books, the first universal history, beginning with the return of the Heraclidae to Peloponnesus, as the first well-attested historical event.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
But that he was of great antiquity may be gathered from a passage in Xenophon, where he makes him contemporary with the Heraclidae.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
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