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 Dorians had their own group of dialects, which may or may not have been spoken by given individuals. Usage of the name was concentrated at Syracuse, a Dorian colony, Tarentum, a Spartan colony, and central Greece, legendary ancestral homeland of the Dorians, but they colonized the islands, Crete, and Anatolia as well. As a personal name, Heraclides may refer to:
Heraclides Ponticus the Younger, 1st century, Greek scholar who studied in Alexandria and worked in Rome (large passages from his works were published by
Porphyry)
Heracleides (rhetor), or Heracleides of Lycia, a Greek rhetorician of
Lycia from the second century of our era. He was a disciple of
Herodes Atticus, and taught in Athens and Smyrna
Heraclides of Smyrna 1st century BC, a follower of Hicesius, head of the Erasistratean school of medicine at Smyrna
Other uses
Heraclides, a grouping of swallowtail butterflies within the genus Papilio
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disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an
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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 Dorians had their own group of dialects, which may or may not have been spoken by given individuals. Usage of the name was concentrated at Syracuse, a Dorian colony, Tarentum, a Spartan colony, and central Greece, legendary ancestral homeland of the Dorians, but they colonized the islands, Crete, and Anatolia as well. As a personal name, Heraclides may refer to:
Heraclides Ponticus the Younger, 1st century, Greek scholar who studied in Alexandria and worked in Rome (large passages from his works were published by
Porphyry)
Heracleides (rhetor), or Heracleides of Lycia, a Greek rhetorician of
Lycia from the second century of our era. He was a disciple of
Herodes Atticus, and taught in Athens and Smyrna
Heraclides of Smyrna 1st century BC, a follower of Hicesius, head of the Erasistratean school of medicine at Smyrna
Other uses
Heraclides, a grouping of swallowtail butterflies within the genus Papilio
Topics referred to by the same term
This
disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.