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Heracles holding Hyllus with Deianira nearby, as the centaur Nessus pleads for his life (Pompeii fresco) Heracles with his son Telephus, one of the Heracleidae. The Heracleidae (/ h ɛr ə ˈ k l aɪ d iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλεῖδαι) or Heraclids / ˈ h ɛr ə k l ɪ d z / were the numerous descendants of Heracles, especially applied in a narrower sense to the descendants of ...
The Heracleidae, who thus became practically masters of the Peloponnese, proceeded to distribute its territory among themselves by lot. Argos fell to Temenus, Lacedaemon to Procles and Eurysthenes, the twin sons of Aristodemus; and Messene to Cresphontes. The fertile district of Elis had been reserved by agreement for Oxylus. The Heracleidae ...
Disallowed the Peloponnesus, Heracles embarked on a life of wandering. The Heracleidae became ascendant in the Eurotas valley with the Dorians who, at least in legend, entered it during an invasion called the Return of the Heracleidae; driving out the Atreids and at least some of the Mycenaean population. Genealogical Tree of the Kings of Sparta
In Greek legends, Procles (Greek: Προκλῆς, "the renowned" [1]) was one of the Heracleidae, a great-great-great-grandson of Heracles, and a son of Aristodemus and Argia. His twin was Eurysthenes. Together they received the land of Lacedaemon after Cresphontes, Temenus and Aristodemus defeated Tisamenus, the last Achaean king of the ...
Hercules, holding Hyllus, and Deianira meet the centaur Nessus, who will attempt to rape Deianira when he helps her to cross the river. In Greek mythology, Hyllus (/ ˈ h ɪ l ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ὕλλος, Hyllos) or Hyllas (Ὕλλᾱς, Hyllas) was a son of Heracles and Deianira [1] [2] and the husband of Iole.
Hyllus, who led the first abortive return of the Heraclidae, held by his father Hercules, with his mother Deianira and the centaur Nessus. The Return of the Heracleidae is an ancient Greek myth concerning the return of the descendants of the hero Heracles to the Peloponnese, Heracles's homeland, and their conquest of various realms in the region.
Heraclides, Heracleides or Herakleides (Greek: Ἡρακλείδης) in origin was any individual of the legendary clan of the Heracleidae, the mythological patronymic applying to persons descended from Hercules. As they were of the legendary tribe of the Dorians, the name in the classical age could mean anyone of Dorian background. The ...
Eurysthenes (Greek: Εὐρυσθένης, "widely ruling" [1]) was king of Sparta and one of the Heracleidae in Greek mythology. He was a son of Aristodemus and Argia, daughter of Autesion. He had a twin brother, Procles.