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Heracleid, -id|ˈhɛrəklaɪd, -ɪd|
Also Heraklide.
[ad. Gr. Ἡρακλείδης (pl. -αι), L. Heraclīdēs (pl. -æ), a descendant of Ἡρακλῆς or Hercules.]
a. One of the descendants of Heracles from whom the Dorian aristocracy of the Peloponnesus claimed descent. (Chiefly in pl.)
1835Thirlwall Greece vii. I. 273 heading, Return of the Heracleids. a1873Lytton Pausanias 203 The heart of the Heracleid beats under the robe of the Mede. 1892Athenæum 16 July 92/1 An ode composed by a Theban in honour of a Heracleid.
b. A ‘strong man’. humorous nonce-use.
1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. II. i. 17 The Heraklide showed symptoms of becoming confidential.
c. A poem describing the exploits of Heracles.
1725[see Theseid s.v. Thesean a.]. 1904T. R. Glover Stud. Virgil iii. 75 Poets who have composed a Herakleid, a Theseid, or other poems of the kind.
Hence Heraˈcleidan a., of or pertaining to a Heracleid.
1821Byron Juan iii. Isles of Greece xiii, And there, perhaps, some seed is sown, The Heracleidan blood might own. |