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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklider" title="Heraklider – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Heraklider" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herakleiden" title="Herakleiden – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Herakleiden" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%97%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%82" title="Ηρακλείδες – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ηρακλείδες" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclidas" title="Heraclidas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Heraclidas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklidoj" title="Heraklidoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Heraklidoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklidak" title="Heraklidak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Heraklidak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" 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For the play by Euripides, see <a href="/wiki/Heracleidae_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heracleidae (play)">Heracleidae (play)</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Heraclides_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Heraclides (disambiguation)">Heraclides (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Heraclid" redirects here. For the ruler of Moldavia, see <a href="/wiki/Iacob_Heraclid" title="Iacob Heraclid">Iacob Heraclid</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg/250px-Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg/330px-Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg/500px-Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2643" data-file-height="3500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a> holding <a href="/wiki/Hyllus" title="Hyllus">Hyllus</a> with <a href="/wiki/Deianira" title="Deianira">Deianira</a> nearby, as the centaur <a href="/wiki/Nessus_(mythology)" title="Nessus (mythology)">Nessus</a> pleads for his life (<a href="/wiki/Pompeii" title="Pompeii">Pompeii</a> fresco)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg/220px-Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="400" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg/330px-Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg/440px-Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3640" /></a><figcaption>Heracles with his son <a href="/wiki/Telephus" title="Telephus">Telephus</a>, one of the Heracleidae</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Heracleidae</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/ɛr/: 'err' in 'merry'">ɛr</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Ἡρακλεῖδαι</span>) or <b>Heraclids</b> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/ɛr/: 'err' in 'merry'">ɛr</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span> were the numerous descendants of <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a>, especially applied in a narrower sense to the descendants of <a href="/wiki/Hyllus" title="Hyllus">Hyllus</a>, the eldest of his four sons by <a href="/wiki/Deianira" title="Deianira">Deianira</a> (Hyllus was also sometimes thought of as Heracles' son by <a href="/wiki/Melite_(naiad)" title="Melite (naiad)">Melite</a>). Other Heracleidae included <a href="/wiki/Macaria_(daughter_of_Heracles)" title="Macaria (daughter of Heracles)">Macaria</a>, Lamos, <a href="/wiki/Manto_(mythology)" title="Manto (mythology)">Manto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bienor_(mythology)" title="Bienor (mythology)">Bianor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tlepolemus" title="Tlepolemus">Tlepolemus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Telephus" title="Telephus">Telephus</a>. These Heraclids were a group of <a href="/wiki/Dorians" title="Dorians">Dorian</a> kings who conquered the <a href="/wiki/Peloponnesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Peloponnesus">Peloponnesian</a> kingdoms of <a href="/wiki/Mycenae" title="Mycenae">Mycenae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Argos,_Peloponnese" title="Argos, Peloponnese">Argos</a>; according to the literary tradition in <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>, they claimed a right to rule through their ancestor. Since <a href="/wiki/Karl_Otfried_M%C3%BCller" title="Karl Otfried Müller">Karl Otfried Müller</a>'s <i>Die Dorier</i> (1830, English translation 1839), I. ch. 3, their rise to dominance has been associated with a "<a href="/wiki/Dorian_invasion" title="Dorian invasion">Dorian invasion</a>". Though details of genealogy differ from one ancient author to another, the cultural significance of the mythic theme, that the descendants of Heracles, exiled after his death, returned some generations later to reclaim land that their ancestors had held in <a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" title="Mycenaean Greece">Mycenaean Greece</a>, was to assert the primal legitimacy of a traditional ruling clan that traced its origin, thus its legitimacy, to Heracles. </p><p>In the historical period, several dynasties claimed descent from Heracles, such as the <a href="/wiki/Agiad_dynasty" title="Agiad dynasty">Agiads</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eurypontid_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurypontid dynasty">Eurypontids</a> of Sparta, or the <a href="/wiki/Argead_dynasty" title="Argead dynasty">Temenids</a> of <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">Macedonia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Heracles, whom <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> had originally intended to be ruler of <a href="/wiki/Argos,_Peloponnese" title="Argos, Peloponnese">Argos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lacedaemon" class="mw-redirect" title="Lacedaemon">Lacedaemon</a> and Messenian <a href="/wiki/Pylos" title="Pylos">Pylos</a>, had been supplanted by the cunning of <a href="/wiki/Hera" title="Hera">Hera</a>, and his intended possessions had fallen into the hands of <a href="/wiki/Eurystheus" title="Eurystheus">Eurystheus</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Mycenae" title="Mycenae">Mycenae</a>. After the death of <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a>, his children, after many wanderings, found refuge from Eurystheus at <a href="/wiki/Athens,_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Athens, Greece">Athens</a>. Eurystheus, on his demand for their surrender being refused, attacked Athens, but was defeated and slain. Hyllus and his brothers then invaded Peloponnesus, but after a year's stay were forced by a pestilence to quit. They withdrew to <a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Aegimius" title="Aegimius">Aegimius</a>, the mythical ancestor of the <a href="/wiki/Dorians" title="Dorians">Dorians</a>, whom Heracles had assisted in war against the <a href="/wiki/Lapiths" title="Lapiths">Lapithae</a>, adopted Hyllus and made over to him a third part of his territory.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911308_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911308-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the death of <a href="/wiki/Aegimius" title="Aegimius">Aegimius</a>, his two sons, <a href="/wiki/Pamphylus_(mythology)" title="Pamphylus (mythology)">Pamphylus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dymas" title="Dymas">Dymas</a>, voluntarily submitted to Hyllus (who was, according to the Dorian tradition in <a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a> V. 72, really an <a href="/wiki/Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaean</a>), who thus became ruler of the Dorians, the three branches of that race being named after these three heroes. Desiring to reconquer his paternal inheritance, Hyllus consulted the <a href="/wiki/Delphi" title="Delphi">Delphic oracle</a>, which told him to wait for "the third fruit", (or "the third crop") and then enter Peloponnesus by "a narrow passage by sea". Accordingly, after three years, <a href="/wiki/Hyllus" title="Hyllus">Hyllus</a> marched across the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus" title="Isthmus">isthmus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Corinth,_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Corinth, Greece">Corinth</a> to attack <a href="/wiki/Atreus" title="Atreus">Atreus</a>, the successor of <a href="/wiki/Eurystheus" title="Eurystheus">Eurystheus</a>, but was slain in single combat by <a href="/wiki/Echemus" title="Echemus">Echemus</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Tegea" title="Tegea">Tegea</a>. This second attempt was followed by a third under <a href="/wiki/Cleodaeus" title="Cleodaeus">Cleodaeus</a> and a fourth under <a href="/wiki/Aristomachus_(Heracleidae)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aristomachus (Heracleidae)">Aristomachus</a>, both unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911308–309_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911308–309-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dorian_invasion">Dorian invasion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Dorian invasion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dorian_invasion" title="Dorian invasion">Dorian invasion</a></div> <p>At last, <a href="/wiki/Temenus" title="Temenus">Temenus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cresphontes" title="Cresphontes">Cresphontes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aristodemus" title="Aristodemus">Aristodemus</a>, the sons of Aristomachus, complained to the oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them. They received the answer that by the "third fruit" the "third generation" was meant, and that the "narrow passage" was not the isthmus of Corinth, but the straits of <a href="/wiki/Rhium" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhium">Rhium</a>. They accordingly built a fleet at <a href="/wiki/Naupactus" class="mw-redirect" title="Naupactus">Naupactus</a>, but before they set sail, <a href="/wiki/Aristodemus" title="Aristodemus">Aristodemus</a> was struck by lightning (or shot by <a href="/wiki/Apollo" title="Apollo">Apollo</a>) and the fleet destroyed, because one of the Heracleidae had slain an <a href="/wiki/Acarnanian" class="mw-redirect" title="Acarnanian">Acarnanian</a> soothsayer.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The oracle, being again consulted by <a href="/wiki/Temenus" title="Temenus">Temenus</a>, bade him offer an expiatory sacrifice and banish the murderer for ten years, and look out for a man with three eyes to act as guide. On his way back to <a href="/wiki/Naupactus" class="mw-redirect" title="Naupactus">Naupactus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Temenus" title="Temenus">Temenus</a> fell in with <a href="/wiki/Oxylus" title="Oxylus">Oxylus</a>, an Aetolian, who had lost one eye, riding on a horse (thus making up the three eyes) and immediately pressed him into his service. According to another account, a mule on which Oxylus rode had lost an eye. The Heracleidae repaired their ships, sailed from <a href="/wiki/Naupactus" class="mw-redirect" title="Naupactus">Naupactus</a> to <a href="/wiki/Antirrhium" class="mw-redirect" title="Antirrhium">Antirrhium</a>, and thence to <a href="/wiki/Rhium" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhium">Rhium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Peloponnesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Peloponnesus">Peloponnesus</a>. A decisive battle was fought with <a href="/wiki/Tisamenus" title="Tisamenus">Tisamenus</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Orestes_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orestes (mythology)">Orestes</a>, the chief ruler in the peninsula, who was defeated and slain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This conquest was traditionally dated eighty years after the <a href="/wiki/Trojan_War" title="Trojan War">Trojan War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Heracleidae, who thus became practically masters of Peloponnesus, proceeded to distribute its territory among themselves by lot. <a href="/wiki/Argos,_Peloponnese" title="Argos, Peloponnese">Argos</a> fell to <a href="/wiki/Temenus" title="Temenus">Temenus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lacedaemon" class="mw-redirect" title="Lacedaemon">Lacedaemon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Procles" title="Procles">Procles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eurysthenes" title="Eurysthenes">Eurysthenes</a>, the twin sons of <a href="/wiki/Aristodemus" title="Aristodemus">Aristodemus</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Messenia_(ancient_region)" title="Messenia (ancient region)">Messenia</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cresphontes" title="Cresphontes">Cresphontes</a> (tradition maintains that Cresphontes cheated in order to obtain Messenia, which had the best land of all.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) The fertile district of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Elis" title="Ancient Elis">Elis</a> had been reserved by agreement for <a href="/wiki/Oxylus" title="Oxylus">Oxylus</a>. The Heracleidae ruled in <a href="/wiki/Lacedaemon" class="mw-redirect" title="Lacedaemon">Lacedaemon</a> until 221 BCE, but disappeared much earlier in the other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This conquest of <a href="/wiki/Peloponnesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Peloponnesus">Peloponnesus</a> by the Dorians, commonly called the "Dorian invasion" or the "Return of the Heraclidae", is represented as the recovery by the descendants of Heracles of the rightful inheritance of their hero ancestor and his sons. The Dorians followed the custom of other 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 joint invasion of Peloponnesus by Aetolians and Dorians, the latter having been driven southward from their original northern home under pressure from the Thessalians. It is noticeable that there is no mention of these Heraclidae or their invasion in <a href="/wiki/Homer" title="Homer">Homer</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hesiod" title="Hesiod">Hesiod</a>. <a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a> (vi. 52) speaks of poets who had celebrated their deeds, but these were limited to events immediately succeeding the death of Heracles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Heracleidae">List of Heracleidae</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of Heracleidae"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_Lydia">At Lydia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: At Lydia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Herodotus says the Heraclids ruled Lydia for 505 years through 22 generations with son succeeding father all down the line from Agron to Candaules. While Candaules was the last of the Heraclids to reign at <a href="/wiki/Sardis" title="Sardis">Sardis</a>, Herodotus says Agron was the first and thereby implies that Sardis was already the capital of Lydia in Maeonian times. Candaules died c.687 BC and so the 505-year span stated by Herodotus suggests c.1192 BC for Agron's accession. That is about the time the Hurri-Hittite empire collapsed and thus the land of seha river could become independent from its Hittite overlords and gives more credibility to the tradition heard by Herodotus. </p><p>The known Heraclid kings are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agron_of_Lydia" title="Agron of Lydia">Agron</a> (fl. c.1192 BC; legendary great-great-grandson of Heracles and a Lydian slave-girl via Alcaeus, Belus and Ninus)</li> <li>19 legendary kings, names unknown, all succeeding father to son</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meles_of_Lydia" title="Meles of Lydia">Meles</a>, <i>aka</i> Myrsus (8th century BC; semi-legendary father of Candaules)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candaules" title="Candaules">Candaules</a>, <i>aka</i> Myrsilus (died c.687 BC; probably historical; son of Meles; murdered by Gyges)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_Sparta">At Sparta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: At Sparta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Sparta" title="List of kings of Sparta">List of kings of Sparta</a></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a>, the Heraclids formed two dynasties ruling jointly: the <a href="/wiki/Agiads" class="mw-redirect" title="Agiads">Agiads</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Eurypontids" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurypontids">Eurypontids</a>. Other <a href="/wiki/Spartiate" title="Spartiate">Spartiates</a> also claimed Heraclid descent, such as <a href="/wiki/Lysander" title="Lysander">Lysander</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_Corinth">At Corinth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: At Corinth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At Corinth the Heraclids ruled as the <a href="/wiki/Bacchiadae" title="Bacchiadae">Bacchiadae</a> dynasty<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before the aristocratic revolution, which brought a Bacchiad aristocracy into power. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_Argos">At Argos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: At Argos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:House_of_Argos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/House_of_Argos.svg/330px-House_of_Argos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="476" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/House_of_Argos.svg/500px-House_of_Argos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/House_of_Argos.svg/560px-House_of_Argos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="870" /></a><figcaption>Genealogy of the Argead Dynasty</figcaption></figure> <p>A descendant of Heracles, <a href="/wiki/Temenus" title="Temenus">Temenus</a>, was the first king of <a href="/wiki/Argos,_Peloponnese" title="Argos, Peloponnese">Argos</a>, who later counted the famous tyrant <a href="/wiki/Pheidon" title="Pheidon">Pheidon</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_Macedonia">At Macedonia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: At Macedonia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">Macedonia</a>, the Heraclids formed the <a href="/wiki/Argead_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Argead Dynasty">Argead Dynasty</a>, whose name comes from Argos, as one of the Heraclids from this city, <a href="/wiki/Perdiccas_I_of_Macedon" title="Perdiccas I of Macedon">Perdiccas I</a>, settled in Macedonia, where he founded his kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time of <a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon" title="Philip II of Macedon">Philip II</a> the family had expanded their reign further, to include under the rule of Macedonia all <a href="/wiki/Upper_Macedonia" title="Upper Macedonia">Upper Macedonian</a> states. Their most celebrated members were Philip II of Macedon and his son <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a>, under whose leadership the kingdom of Macedonia gradually gained predominance throughout <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greece</a>, defeated the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a> and expanded as far as <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. The mythical founder of the Argead dynasty is <a href="/wiki/Caranus_of_Macedon" title="Caranus of Macedon">King Caranus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Euripides'_tragedy"><span id="In_Euripides.27_tragedy"></span>In Euripides' tragedy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: In Euripides' tragedy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Heracleidae_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heracleidae (play)">Heracleidae (play)</a></div> <p>The Greek tragedians amplified the story, probably drawing inspiration from local legends which glorified the services rendered by Athens to the rulers of Peloponnesus. </p><p>The Heracleidae feature as the main subjects of <a href="/wiki/Euripides" title="Euripides">Euripides</a>' play, <i>Heracleidae</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> J. A. Spranger found the political subtext of <i>Heracleidae</i>, never far to seek, so particularly apt in Athens towards the end of the peace of Nicias, in 419 BCE, that he suggested the date as that of the play's first performance.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the tragedy, <a href="/wiki/Iolaus" title="Iolaus">Iolaus</a>, Heracles' old comrade and nephew, and Heracles' children, Macaria and her brothers and sisters have hidden from <a href="/wiki/Eurystheus" title="Eurystheus">Eurystheus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, ruled by King <a href="/wiki/Demophon_of_Athens" title="Demophon of Athens">Demophon</a>; as the first scene makes clear, they expect that the blood relationship of the kings with Heracles and their father's past indebtedness to <a href="/wiki/Theseus" title="Theseus">Theseus</a> will finally provide them sanctuary. As Eurystheus prepares to attack, an <a href="/wiki/Oracle" title="Oracle">oracle</a> tells Demophon that only the sacrifice of a noble woman to <a href="/wiki/Persephone" title="Persephone">Persephone</a> can guarantee an Athenian victory. Macaria volunteers for the sacrifice and a spring is named the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Macarian_spring&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Macarian spring (page does not exist)">Macarian spring</a> in her honor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911308–309_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChisholm1911">Chisholm 1911</a>, pp. 308–309.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911309_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChisholm1911">Chisholm 1911</a>, p. 309.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Thuc.+1.12">Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.12</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D8%3Asection%3D4">Apollodorus, Library 2.8.4</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Diodorus Siculus, 7.9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em 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a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFM._C._Howatson1989" class="citation book cs1">M. C. Howatson (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00howa"><i>The Oxford companion to classical literature</i></a>. Internet Archive. Oxford University Press. p. 339. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-866121-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-866121-4"><bdi>978-0-19-866121-4</bdi></a>. <q>In historical times the royal house traced its descent from the mythical Temenus, king of Argos, who was one of the Heracleidae, and more immediately from Perdiccas I, who left Argos for Illyria, probably in the mid-seventh century BC, and from there captured the Macedonian plain and occupied the fortress of Aegae (Vergina), setting himself up as king of the Macedonians.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+companion+to+classical+literature.&rft.pages=339&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-0-19-866121-4&rft.au=M.+C.+Howatson&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Foxfordcompaniont00howa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeracleidae" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.40&fromdoc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160">"Pausanias, Description of Greece, Boeotia, chapter 40"</a>. pp. <span class="nowrap">8–</span>9<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-08-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pausanias%2C+Description+of+Greece%2C+Boeotia%2C+chapter+40&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E8-%3C%2Fspan%3E9&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perseus.tufts.edu%2Fhopper%2Ftext%3Fdoc%3DPaus.%2B9.40%26fromdoc%3DPerseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeracleidae" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGreen2013" class="citation book cs1">Green, Peter (2013-01-08). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SYo6c1iEL_4C"><i>Alexander of Macedon, 356–323 B.C.: A Historical Biography</i></a>. University of California Press. p. 103. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-520-95469-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-520-95469-4"><bdi>978-0-520-95469-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Alexander+of+Macedon%2C+356%E2%80%93323+B.C.%3A+A+Historical+Biography&rft.pages=103&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=2013-01-08&rft.isbn=978-0-520-95469-4&rft.aulast=Green&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DSYo6c1iEL_4C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeracleidae" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">It is the first of two surviving plays by Euripides where the family of Heracles are suppliants (the second being <i><a href="/wiki/Heracles_(Euripides)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heracles (Euripides)">Heracles Mad</a></i>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> J. A. Spranger, "The Political Element in the Heracleidae of Euripides" <i>The Classical Quarterly</i> <b>19</b>.3/4 (July 1925), pp. 117-128.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)">Bibliotheca</a></i> ii. 8</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diodorus_Siculus" title="Diodorus Siculus">Diodorus Siculus</a> iv. 57, 58</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" title="Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a> i. 32, 41, ii. 13, 18, iii. I, iv. 3, v. 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euripides" title="Euripides">Euripides</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Heracleidae_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heracleidae (play)">Heracleidae</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pindar" title="Pindar">Pindar</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pythia" title="Pythia">Pythia</a>,</i> ix. 137</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a> ix. 27</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connop_Thirlwall" title="Connop Thirlwall">Connop Thirlwall</a>, <i>History of Greece,</i> ch. vii</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Grote" title="George Grote">George Grote</a>, <i>History of Greece,</i> pt. i. ch. xviii</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Busolt" title="Georg Busolt">Georg Busolt</a>, <i>Griechische Geschichte,</i> i. ch. ii. sec. 7, where a list of modern authorities is given</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heracleidae&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://herodot.georgehinge.com/analog.html">Article by George Hinge</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071010100028/http://www.greekmythologylinks.com/">Greek Mythology Links</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/heraclids.html">Timeless Mythology</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110607000249/http://mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/thucydides_lecture/sixty_d.htm">Article about Dorian Invasion</a></li></ul> <p><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/20px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/40px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> </span>This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. 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title="Omphale">Omphale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deianira" title="Deianira">Deianira</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hebe_(mythology)" title="Hebe (mythology)">Hebe</a> (wives)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Heracleidae</a> (children)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Milk_of_Hera" title="Milk of Hera">Creation of Milky Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_at_the_crossroads" title="Hercules at the crossroads">Hercules at the crossroads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labours_of_Hercules" title="Labours of Hercules">Labours of Hercules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_ancient_Rome" title="Hercules in ancient Rome">Hercules in ancient Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirt_of_Nessus" title="Shirt of Nessus">Shirt of Nessus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Poems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heracles_Papyrus" title="Heracles Papyrus">Heracles Papyrus</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shield_of_Heracles" title="Shield of Heracles">Shield of Heracles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Catalogue_of_Women" title="Catalogue of Women">Catalogue of Women</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Atl%C3%A0ntida" title="L'Atlàntida">L'Atlàntida</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Herakles_(Euripides)" title="Herakles (Euripides)">Herakles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Women_of_Trachis" title="Women of Trachis">Women of Trachis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(Seneca)" title="Hercules (Seneca)">Hercules Furens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Oetaeus" title="Hercules Oetaeus">Hercules Oetaeus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Labours_of_Hercules" title="The Labours of Hercules">The Labours of Hercules</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Wagoner" title="Hercules and the Wagoner">Hercules and the Wagoner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_lion_of_Nemea_(Louvre_Museum,_L_31_MN_B909)" title="Hercules and the lion of Nemea (Louvre Museum, L 31 MN B909)">Hercules and the lion of Nemea</a></i> (5th century BCE)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_of_the_Forum_Boarium" title="Hercules of the Forum Boarium">Hercules of the Forum Boarium</a></i> (2nd century BCE)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lansdowne_Heracles" title="Lansdowne Heracles">Lansdowne Heracles</a></i> (c. 125)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Hercules,_Dura-Europos" title="Statue of Hercules, Dura-Europos">Statue of Hercules, Dura-Europos</a> (c. 150–256)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Farnese_Hercules" title="Farnese Hercules">Farnese Hercules</a></i> (216)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_slaying_Antaeus" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules slaying Antaeus">Hercules slaying Antaeus</a></i> (c. 1460)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Deianira" title="Hercules and Deianira">Hercules and Deianira</a></i> (c. 1470)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Hydra_(Pollaiolo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules and the Hydra (Pollaiolo)">Hercules and the Hydra</a></i> (c. 1475)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Killing_the_Stymphalian_Birds" title="Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds">Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds</a></i> (1500)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Antaeus" title="Hercules and Antaeus">Hercules and Antaeus</a></i> (c. 1500–1510)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Choice_of_Hercules_(Beccafumi)" title="The Choice of Hercules (Beccafumi)">The Choice of Hercules</a></i> (c. 1520–1525)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Antaeus_(Hans_Baldung)" title="Hercules and Antaeus (Hans Baldung)">Hercules and Antaeus</a></i> (1531)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Cacus" title="Hercules and Cacus">Hercules and Cacus</a></i> (1534)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Origin_of_the_Milky_Way" title="The Origin of the Milky Way">The Origin of the Milky Way</a></i> (1575–1580)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Choice_of_Hercules_(Carracci)" title="The Choice of Hercules (Carracci)">The Choice of Hercules</a></i> (1596)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Omphale_(Rubens)" title="Hercules and Omphale (Rubens)">Hercules and Omphale</a></i> (1603)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Fighting_the_Nemean_Lion_(Zurbar%C3%A1n)" title="Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion (Zurbarán)">Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion</a></i> (1634)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Hydra_(Zurbar%C3%A1n)" title="Hercules and the Hydra (Zurbarán)">Hercules and the Hydra</a></i> (1634)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Separates_Mounts_Calpe_and_Abylla" title="Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla">Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla</a></i> (1634)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Death_of_Hercules" title="The Death of Hercules">The Death of Hercules</a></i> (1634)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules%27s_Dog_Discovers_Purple_Dye" title="Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye">Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye</a></i> (1636)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Origin_of_the_Milky_Way_(Rubens)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Origin of the Milky Way (Rubens)">The Origin of the Milky Way</a></i> (1637)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_the_Garden_of_the_Hesperides" title="Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides">Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides</a></i> (1638)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Landscape_with_Hercules_and_Cacus" title="Landscape with Hercules and Cacus">Landscape with Hercules and Cacus</a></i> (c. 1660)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Omphale_(Boucher)" title="Hercules and Omphale (Boucher)">Hercules and Omphale</a></i> (1732–1734)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertas_Americana" title="Libertas Americana">Libertas Americana</a> (1783)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sanctuary_of_Hercules_(B%C3%B6cklin)" title="The Sanctuary of Hercules (Böcklin)">The Sanctuary of Hercules</a></i> (1884)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_the_Archer" title="Hercules the Archer">Hercules the Archer</a></i> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Achelous_and_Hercules" title="Achelous and Hercules">Achelous and Hercules</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Labors_of_Hercules_(Spafford)" title="The Twelve Labors of Hercules (Spafford)">The Twelve Labors of Hercules</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marian_Maguire" title="Marian Maguire">The Labors of Herakles</a></i> (2006–2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Erymanthian_Boar" title="Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar">Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Nemean_Lion_(Klein)" title="Hercules and the Nemean Lion (Klein)">Hercules and the Nemean Lion</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Opera</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ercole_amante" title="Ercole amante">Ercole amante</a></i> (1662)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alcide_(opera)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcide (opera)">Alcide</a></i> (1693)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ercole_su%27l_Termodonte" title="Ercole su'l Termodonte">Ercole su'l Termodonte</a></i> (1723)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Admeto" title="Admeto">Admeto</a></i> (1727)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La%C3%9Ft_uns_sorgen,_la%C3%9Ft_uns_wachen,_BWV_213" title="Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen, BWV 213">Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen, BWV 213</a></i> (1733)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(Handel)" title="Hercules (Handel)">Hercules</a></i> (1744)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_nozze_d%27Ercole_e_d%27Ebe" title="Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe">Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe</a></i> (1747)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Choice_of_Hercules_(Handel)" title="The Choice of Hercules (Handel)">The Choice of Hercules</a></i> (1750)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercule_mourant" title="Hercule mourant">Hercule mourant</a></i> (1761)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Rouet_d%27Omphale" title="Le Rouet d'Omphale">Le Rouet d'Omphale</a></i> (1871)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9janire" title="Déjanire">Déjanire</a></i> (1911)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atl%C3%A1ntida_(opera)" title="Atlántida (opera)">Atlántida</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_vs._Vampires" title="Hercules vs. Vampires">Hercules vs. Vampires</a></i> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_Hercules" title="List of films featuring Hercules">Films</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Italian series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1958_film)" title="Hercules (1958 film)">Hercules</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Unchained" title="Hercules Unchained">Hercules Unchained</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goliath_and_the_Dragon" title="Goliath and the Dragon">Goliath and the Dragon</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Loves_of_Hercules" title="The Loves of Hercules">The Loves of Hercules</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Conquest_of_Atlantis" title="Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis">Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_the_Haunted_World" title="Hercules in the Haunted World">Hercules in the Haunted World</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_the_Valley_of_Woe" title="Hercules in the Valley of Woe">Hercules in the Valley of Woe</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fury_of_Hercules" title="The Fury of Hercules">The Fury of Hercules</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules,_Samson_and_Ulysses" title="Hercules, Samson and Ulysses">Hercules, Samson and Ulysses</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_vs._Moloch" title="Hercules vs. Moloch">Hercules vs. Moloch</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_the_Invincible" title="Hercules the Invincible">Hercules the Invincible</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Against_Rome" title="Hercules Against Rome">Hercules Against Rome</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Against_the_Sons_of_the_Sun" title="Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun">Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Hercules" title="The Triumph of Hercules">The Triumph of Hercules</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Samson_and_His_Mighty_Challenge" title="Samson and His Mighty Challenge">Samson and His Mighty Challenge</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Tyrants_of_Babylon" title="Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon">Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Princess_of_Troy" title="Hercules and the Princess of Troy">Hercules and the Princess of Troy</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_the_Avenger" title="Hercules the Avenger">Hercules the Avenger</a></i> (1965)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other European<br />live-action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Herakles_(film)" title="Herakles (film)">Herakles</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Against_the_Moon_Men" title="Hercules Against the Moon Men">Hercules Against the Moon Men</a></i> (1964)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">American films<br />live-action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Warrior%27s_Husband" title="The Warrior's Husband">The Warrior's Husband</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Stooges_Meet_Hercules" title="The Three Stooges Meet Hercules">The Three Stooges Meet Hercules</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jason_and_the_Argonauts_(1963_film)" title="Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film)">Jason and the Argonauts</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_New_York" title="Hercules in New York">Hercules in New York</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1983_film)" title="Hercules (1983 film)">Hercules</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Hercules" title="The Adventures of Hercules">The Adventures of Hercules</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jason_and_the_Argonauts_(miniseries)" title="Jason and the Argonauts (miniseries)">Jason and the Argonauts</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Immortals_(2011_film)" title="Immortals (2011 film)">Immortals</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Hercules" title="The Legend of Hercules">The Legend of Hercules</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(2014_film)" title="Hercules (2014 film)">Hercules</a></i> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Animated films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1995_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules (1995 film)">Hercules</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1997_film)" title="Hercules (1997 film)">Hercules</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules:_Zero_to_Hero" title="Hercules: Zero to Hero">Hercules: Zero to Hero</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Xena_%E2%80%93_The_Animated_Movie:_The_Battle_for_Mount_Olympus" title="Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus">Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus</a></i> (1998)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Hercules" title="The Mighty Hercules">The Mighty Hercules</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sons_of_Hercules" title="The Sons of Hercules">The Sons of Hercules</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mole_Men_Against_the_Son_of_Hercules" title="Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules">Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fire_Monsters_Against_the_Son_of_Hercules" title="Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules">Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_Against_the_Son_of_Hercules" title="Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules">Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules</a></i> (1962)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules:_The_Legendary_Journeys" title="Hercules: The Legendary Journeys">Hercules: The Legendary Journeys</a></i> (1995) <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Amazon_Women" title="Hercules and the Amazon Women">Hercules and the Amazon Women</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Lost_Kingdom" title="Hercules and the Lost Kingdom">Hercules and the Lost Kingdom</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Circle_of_Fire" title="Hercules and the Circle of Fire">Hercules and the Circle of Fire</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_the_Underworld" title="Hercules in the Underworld">Hercules in the Underworld</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_the_Maze_of_the_Minotaur" title="Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur">Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur</a></i> (1994)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1998_TV_series)" title="Hercules (1998 TV series)">Hercules: The Animated Series</a></i> (1998) <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Arabian_Night" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules and the Arabian Night">Hercules and the Arabian Night</a>" (1999)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Hercules" title="Young Hercules">Young Hercules</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(miniseries)" title="Hercules (miniseries)">Hercules</a></i> (2005 miniseries)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atlantis_(TV_series)" title="Atlantis (TV series)">Atlantis</a></i> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(comics)" title="Hercules 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title="Disney's Hercules (video game)">Disney's Hercules</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herc%27s_Adventures" title="Herc's Adventures">Herc's Adventures</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules:_The_Legendary_Journeys#Video_game" title="Hercules: The Legendary Journeys">Hercules: The Legendary Journeys</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heracles_Chariot_Racing" title="Heracles Chariot Racing">Heracles Chariot Racing</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Glory_of_Heracles_(video_game)" title="Glory of Heracles (video game)">Glory of Heracles</a></i> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_popular_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules in popular culture">Hercules in popular culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(franchise)" 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