HERACLIDAE  , the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general name for the numerous descend-ants of Heracles (See also:

• HERCULES
• HERCULES (0. Lat. Hercoles, Hercles)

Hercules), and specially applied in a narrower sense to the descendants of Hyllus, the eldest of his four sons by Delaneirathe, conquerors of See also:

• PELOPONNESUS (" Island of Pelops ")

Peloponnesus . Heracles, whom See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus had originally intended to be ruler of See also:

• ARGOS

Argos, See also:

• LACEDAEMON

Lacedaemon and Messenian See also:

• PYLOS (mod. Navarino)

Pylos, had been supplanted by the cunning of See also:

• HERA

Hera, and his intended possessions had fallen into the hands of Eurystheus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• MYCENAE

Mycenae . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Heracles, his See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, after many wanderings, found See also:

• REFUGE

refuge from Eurystheus at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens . Eurystheus, on his demand for their surrender being refused, attacked Athens, but was defeated and slain . Hyllus and his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers then invaded Peloponnesus, but after a See also:

• YEAR

year's stay were forced by a pestilence to quit . They with-See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew to See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly, where Aegimius, the mythical ancestor of the See also:

• DORIANS

Dorians, whom Heracles had assisted in See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against the See also:

• LAPITHAE

Lapithae, adopted Hyllus and made over to him a third See also:

• PART

part of his territory . After the death of Aegimius, his two sons, See also:

• PAMPHILUS
• PAMPHILUS (1st century A.D.)

Pamphilus and Dymas, voluntarily submitted to Hyllus (who was, according to the Dorian tradition in See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus v . 72, really an Achaean), who thus became ruler of the Dorians, the three branches of that See also:

• RACE

race being named after these three heroes . Being desirous of reconquering his paternal See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance, Hyllus consulted the Delphic See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle, which told him to wait for " the third See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit," and then enter Peloponnesus by " a narrow passage by See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea." Accordingly, after three years, Hyllus marched across the See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus of See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth to attack See also:

• ATREUS

Atreus, the successor of Eurystheus, but was slain in single combat by Echemus, king of See also:

• TEGEA

Tegea . This second See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was followed by a third under Cleodaeus and a See also:

• FOURTH

fourth under Aristomachus, both of which were equally unsuccessful . At last, Temenus, Cresphontes and See also:

• ARISTODEMUS (8th century s.c.)

Aristodemus, the sons of Aristomachus, complained to the oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them . They received the See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer that by the " third fruit " the " third See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation " was meant, and that the " narrow passage " was not the isthmus of Corinth, but the straits of Rhium .

They accordingly built a See also:

• FLEET

fleet at See also:

• NAUPACTUS (Ital. Lepanto, mod. Gr. Epakto)

Naupactus, but before they set See also:

• SAIL

sail, Aristodemus was struck by See also:

• LIGHTNING

lightning (or shot by See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo) and the fleet destroyed, because one of the Heraclidae had slain an Acarnanian soothsayer . The oracle, being again consulted by Temenus, bade him offer an expiatory See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice and banish the murderer for ten years, and look out for a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man with three eyes to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide . On his way back to Naupactus, Temenus See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in with Oxylus, an Aetolian, who had lost one See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye, See also:

• RIDING

riding on a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse (thus making up the three eyes) and immediately pressed him into his service . According to another See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, a See also:

• MULE (Lat. mulus)

mule on which Oxylus rode had lost an eye . The Heraclidae repaired their See also:

• SHIPS

ships, sailed from Naupactus to Antirrhium, and thence to Rhium in Peloponnesus . A decisive See also:

• BATTLE

battle was fought with Tisamenus, son of See also:

• ORESTES

Orestes, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief ruler in the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula, who was defeated and slain . The Heraclidae, who thus became practically masters of Peloponnesus, proceeded to distribute its territory among themselves by See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot . Argos fell to Temenus, Lacedaemon to Procles and Eurysthenes, the twin sons of Aristodemus; and See also:

• MESSENE

Messene to Cresphontes . The fertile See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• ELIS
• ELIS, or ELEIA
• ELIS, PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOL OF

Elis had been reserved by agreement for Oxylus . The Heraclidae ruled in Lacedaemon till 221 B.C., but disappeared much earlier in the other countries . This See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of Peloponnesus by the Dorians, commonly called the " Return of the Heraclidae," is represented as the recovery by the descendants of Heracles of the rightful inheritance of their See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero ancestor and his sons . The Dorians followed the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of other See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek tribes in claiming as ancestor for their ruling families one of the legendary heroes, but the traditions must not on that account be regarded as entirely mythical .

They represent a See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint invasion of Peloponnesus by Aetolians and Dorians, the latter having been driven southward from their See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home under pressure from the Thessalians . It is noticeable that there is no mention of these Heraclidae or their invasion in See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer or See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod . Herodotus (vi . 52) speaks of poets who had celebrated their deeds, but these were limited to events immediately succeeding the death of Heracles . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story was first amplified by the Greek tragedians, who probably drew their See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration from See also:

• LOCAL

local legends, which glorified the services rendered by Athens to the rulers of Peloponnesus . See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus ii . 8; Died . Sic. iv . 57, 58; See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias i . 32, 41, ii . 13, 18, iii . I, iv .

3, v . 3; See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides, Heraclidae; . See also:

• PINDAR (Gr. HivSapos, c. 522–443 B.c.)

Pindar, Pythia, ix . 137; Herodotus ix . 27 . See See also:

• MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
• MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
• MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
• MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
• MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
• MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
• MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
• MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
• MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
• MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)

Muller's Dorians, i. ch . 3; See also:

• THIRLWALL, CONNOP (1797-1875)

Thirlwall, See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, ch. vii.; See also:

• GROTE, GEORGE (1794–1871)

Grote, Hist. of Greece, pt. i. ch. xviii . ; Busolt, Griechische Geschichte, i. ch. ii. sec . 7, where a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of See also:

• MODERN

modern authorities is given .