Heraclid

Heraclid
Heraclidan /her'euh kluyd"n/, adj.
/her"euh klid/, n., pl. Heraclidae /her'euh kluy"dee/.
a person claiming descent from Hercules, esp. one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.

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