Heraclidae
Americannoun
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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
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
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 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
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
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