Heraclides
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...