Children of Heracles

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characters in Greek mythology mythological group

The Children of Heracles are the mythological offspring of the Greek hero Heracles, whose struggles for survival and rightful inheritance are central to several ancient Greek legends and tragedies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Children of Heracles canonical 4
children of Heracles 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf characters in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological group ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy Apollodorus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Dorian invasion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Return of the Heracleidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Messenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peloponnese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralThemeIn persecution by Eurystheus ⓘ
quest for rightful inheritance ⓘ
struggles for survival ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
genre Greek tragedy (as dramatic subject) ⓘ
hasFather Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember Cleodaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heracles’ sons by Deianira ⓘ
Heracles’ sons by Omphale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heracles’ sons by various women ⓘ
Heracles’ unnamed sons by Megara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hyllus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Telephus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tlepolemus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMother Megara NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme divine justice ⓘ
hospitality to suppliants ⓘ
intergenerational fate ⓘ
political legitimacy ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek ⓘ
mythologicalRole ancestors of Dorian kings ⓘ
legitimizers of Dorian rule in Peloponnese ⓘ
persecutedBy Eurystheus NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedAs claimants to ancestral lands ⓘ
exiles ⓘ
symbols of suppliant refugees ⓘ
protectedBy Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
seeksRefugeIn Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Heracleidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf Heracleidae (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Children of Heracles (Euripides) NERFINISHED ⓘ
various Greek legends ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Hyllus → category → Children of Heracles ⓘ
Tlepolemus → category → Children of Heracles ⓘ
Macaria → protectedGroup → Children of Heracles ⓘ
this entity surface form: children of Heracles
Eurypylus → category → Children of Heracles ⓘ
Iolaus → supports → Children of Heracles ⓘ