Heraclids
Heraclids
Descendants of Hercules, Heracleidae
The descendants of Hercules that flee from Eurystheus after their father’s death.
Events
- Hercules’ sons flee to Ceyx
- Hercules sons flee from Eurystheus
- Eurystheus goes to war with the Athenians
- Hercules’ sons take sanctuary at an altar in Athens
- The sons of Hercules conquer the Peloponnese.
- An oracle declares that the plague in the Peloponnese is being caused by the sons of Heracles
- The sons of Heracles are forced to leave the Peloponnese
- The sons of Heracles settle in Marathon
- Tlepolemus and some of the other sons of Hercules flee to Rhodes
- Hyllus, misinterpreting the Delphic oracle, attacks the Peloponnese again too soon.
- Sons of Cleodaeus consult the oracle about the return of the Heraclids to the Peloponnese
- The Heraclid’s army is forced to disband
- Oxylus is made the guide of the Heraclids on their campaign for the recapture of Aetolia
- Heraclids fight for the Peloponnese and capture it
- Tisamenus, Pamphylus and Dymas die in the Heraclids’ capture of the Peloponnese
- Signs are found on the altars where the Heraclids sacrificed after victory over the Peloponnese
Citations
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.1
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.5
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 41.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 41.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 44.10
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 6.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 12.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 13.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 30.10
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 37.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 1.5
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 22.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 22.11
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 3.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 3.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 8.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 31.11
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 3.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 6.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 5.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 45.3
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