Hellenic Net

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ At the 114th kilometer of the new Athens-Lamia National Road (E75), the road passes by the village of Kastro. Taking the exit at Kastro and following the local road toward Kokkino, in the northeastern corner of the plain that was once Lake Copais, visitors encounter a low, rocky hill of irregular triangular shape called Gla. This rock, rising 119 meters above sea level, stretches 900 meters from east to west and reaches a maximum width of 580 meters from north to south on its western side. Its height above the surrounding plain varies between 9.5 and 38 meters. At the top of this hill stands a fortified acropolis constructed by the Minyans of Orchomenos during the 13th-14th centuries BC. There is no reference to this fortress in classical texts or later sources. Even Pausanias, who traveled through the area, does not mention it. The first reference is by the English traveler Dodwell in 1819. The name "Gla" is much more recent and likely derives from an Albanian word ...

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Heracles with his son Telephus, one of the Heracleidae. In Greek mythology, and in general in ancient Greece, the term Heraklides refers to the sons of Herakles and their descendants. Many royal houses in ancient Greece traced their ancestry back to the most glorious hero of Greek mythology, Heracles. Typical is the case of the kings of Macedonia, who were imitated by almost all the dynasties of the Hellenistic states. Definition of Heracleides In the narrowest meaning of the term, Heraklides are the descendants of Herakles and Deianeira, with whose descent in the Peloponnese is related the arrival of the last Dorians in the Greek area. Immediately after the death of Heracles and his ascension to Olympus, his children were left without a protector and were pursued by Eurystheus. They initially took refuge in the king of Trachina, Kyikas, who remembered the favors of Hercules. But Eurystheus forced him to expel them. Then the Heraclides went to Athens, where Theseus reigned (ac...

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