Heraclid dynasty

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The Heraclid dynasty was an ancient ruling family of Lydia in western Anatolia, traditionally claimed to be descended from the Greek hero Heracles.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Heraclid dynasty canonical 1
Heraclid dynasty of Lydia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Lydian dynasty ⓘ
royal dynasty ⓘ
associatedHero Heracles ⓘ
associatedPeople Lydians ⓘ
associatedWithCity Sardis ⓘ
capital Sardis ⓘ
category Ancient dynasties ⓘ
Lydian monarchs ⓘ
Mythological royal houses ⓘ
claimedDescentFrom Heracles ⓘ
country Lydia ⓘ
culturalContext Anatolian history ⓘ
Greek mythology ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greek mythology
dynasticLegitimization descent from Heracles ⓘ
ethnicCharacter Lydian ⓘ
governedAs monarchy ⓘ
governedTerritory Lydia ⓘ
hasLegendaryOrigin true ⓘ
historicity partly legendary ⓘ
knownFrom classical literary sources ⓘ
languageContext Ancient Greek ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greek language

Lydian ⓘ
surface form: Lydian language
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
mythologicalConnection Heracleidae ⓘ
partOf history of Anatolia ⓘ
history of Lydia ⓘ
predecessorDynasty Atyad dynasty ⓘ
region Western Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: western Anatolia
religiousContext Anatolian polytheism ⓘ
Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
sourceForTradition Herodotus ⓘ
successorDynasty Mermnad dynasty ⓘ
timePeriod early first millennium BCE (traditional) ⓘ
traditionalAncestry Heracles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lydian Kingdom → earlierDynasty → Heraclid dynasty ⓘ
Mermnad dynasty → precededBy → Heraclid dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heraclid dynasty of Lydia