Heraclidae
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the Heraclidae · descendants of Heracles · the sons of Heracles
spoken of as
1 expressionthe sons of Heracles“Heraclidae”1 mention
Panegyricus (Greek)
for the Athenians went to war against the Thebans in the cause of those who had fallen in the battle, and against the power of Eurystheus in the cause of the sons of Heracles.
in the texts
The Histories
The Lydian dynasty of Heraclid descent that ruled for 505 years before being displaced by Gyges
However, the Pythian priestess declared that the Heraclidae would have vengeance on Gyges ' posterity in the fifth generation;
The Heraclidae, descendants of Heracles and a female slave of Iardanus, received the sovereignty from these and held it, because of an oracle;
For when the Lydians took exception to what was done to Candaules, and took up arms, the faction of Gyges came to an agreement with the rest of the people that if the oracle should ordain him king of the Lydians, then he would reign;
Orations
Descendants of Heracles who later return to power in the Peloponnese.
and not long after all were driven from the Peloponnese, and the race of the sons of Pelops was overthrown through that calamity, and the Heraclidae, formerly weak and dishonored, came down with the Dorians.
Panegyricus
The persecuted children of Heracles who take refuge in Athens and whose descendants later found the Spartan royal line.
for the Athenians went to war against the Thebans in the cause of those who had fallen in the battle, and against the power of Eurystheus in the cause of the sons of Heracles.
The sons of Heracles, on the other hand, came fleeing the persecution of Eurystheus, ignoring the other states as not capable of succouring them in their distress, and looking upon our city as the only one great enough to make return for the benefits which their father had bestowed upon all mankind.
for who would venture an appeal for help to those who were weaker than themselves, or to those who were subject to others, passing by those who had greater power, especially in matters not of personal but of public interest which none would be likely to take in hand but those who claimed to stand first among the Hellenes?
History of the Peloponnesian War
Descendants of Heracles whose killing of Eurystheus and later conquest of the Peloponnese alongside the Dorians mark two turning points in the Archaeology.
) And the Dorians in the eightieth year took possession of the Peloponnese with the Heraclidae.
) and when Eurystheus did not return again, they say that at the wish of the Mycenaeans themselves, through their fear of the Heraclidae, and also because he appeared to be powerful, and had courted the commons, Atreus received the kingdom of the Mycenaeans and all that Eurystheus ruled over;