| The First "Crop" |
| Alcaeus 6 Son of Heracles 1 and Omphale. Father of Belus 3 [see alsoCroesus]. Hdt.1.7. |
| Antiochus 1 Son of Heracles 1 & Meda 1. Father of Phylas 2. Apd.2.8.3; Pau.1.5.2. |
| Cleodaeus 2 Son of Hyllus 1 & Iole. Father of Aristomachus 2 and Lanassa. Apd.2.8.2; Hdt.6.52, 7.204, 8.131; Pau.2.7.6, 3.15.10; Plu.Pyrrh.1.2 |
| Ctesippus 1 Son of Heracles 1 and Astydamia 2, daughter either of Amyntor 1, son of Ormenus 3, son of Cercaphus 2, son ofAeolus 1, or of Ormenius 1, king of Pelasgiotis or Pelasgia (Peloponnesus). Apd.2.7.8; Dio.4.37.4. |
| Ctesippus 4 Son of Heracles 1 and Deianira 1, and father of Thrasyanor. Apd.2.7.8; Pau.2.19.1 |
| Hyllus 1 Son of Heracles 1 by Deianira 1 or Melite 2. Father by Iole of Cleodaeus 2 and Evaechme 2 [see main text above]. Apd.2.7.8, 2.8.1-2; Arg.4.538, 4.551; Dio.4.36.3, 4.58.4; Hdt.6.52, 7.204, 8.131, 9.26; Pau.3.15.10, 4.2.1, 8.5.1; Soph.Tra.61 and passim. |
| Phaestus 2 Son of Heracles 1. Father of Rhopalus. He became king ofSicyon after Ianiscus' death and later emigrated toCrete in obedience to an oracle. Pau.2.6.6. |
| The Second "Crop" |
| Agamedidas Agamedidas was great-grandson of Ctesippus 1 and king of the Cleonae, a city northeast of Nemea. He is father of Thersander 3. Pau.3.16.6 |
| Antimachus 2 Son of Thrasyanor and father of Deiphontes. Pau.2.19.1 |
| Aristodemus Aristodemus was son of Aristomachus 2, son of Cleodaeus 2, son of Hyllus 1, son ofHeracles 1. By his wife Argia 4 he became the father of the twins Eurysthenes 1 and Procles 2, who are the founders of the two royal houses ofSparta. Aristodemus was killed by a thunderbolt, or byApollo, although it is also said that he was murdered by the sons of Pylades and Electra 2. Apd.2.8.2-3; Hdt.6.52, 7.204, 8.131; Pau.2.18.7, 3.1.6 |
| Aristomachus 2 Aristomachus 2 failed to understand an oracle, and therefore failed to return to the Peloponnesus, being slain in battle. He was the son of Cleodaeus 2, son of Hyllus 1, son ofHeracles 1. His sons were Temenus 2, Cresphontes, and Aristodemus. Apd.2.8.2; Hdt.6.52, 7.204, 8.131; Pau.2.7.6, 2.18.7 |
| Hippolytus 5 Son of Rhopalus, son of Phaestus 2, son ofHeracles 1. While being king of Sicyon after Zeuxippus, Hippolytus 5 was attacked by the Mycenaeans and agreed to become subject toAgamemnon. He was father of Lacestades Pau.2.6.7 |
| Hippotes 2 Son of Phylas 2 and Leipephilene, and father of Aletes 2. He killed Carnus, a magician he thought to be sent by the Peloponnesians, and for that he was banished [see main text above]. Apd.2.8.3; Pau.2.4.3, 9.40.6. |
| Phylas 2 Son of Antiochus 1. Father by Leipephilene of Hippotes 2 and Thero 2. Leipephilene was daughter of Iolaus, the charioteer ofHeracles 1. Iolaus was son of Iphicles, son ofAmphitryon &Alcmena, mother ofHeracles 1. Apd.2.8.3; Pau.9.40.5-6. |
| Rhopalus Rhopalus, a Sicyonian, was son of Phaestus 2 and father of Hippolytus 5. Pau.2.6.7. |
| Thersander 3 From Cleonae. Son of Agamedidas. Father of Lathria and Anaxandra. Pau.3.16.6. |
| Thrasyanor Son of Ctessipus 4. Father of Antimachus 2. Pau.2.19.1. |
| The Victorious Third "Crop" |
| Agelaus 3 Son of Temenus 2. Together with his brothers, conspired against his father and murdered him. Apd.2.8.5. |
| Agraeus 1. Son of Temenus 2. The youngest of the brothers who disapproved their conspirative plan against Temenus 2. Pau.2.28.3. |
| Aletes 2 Son of Hippotes 2. He led the HERACLIDES againstCorinth and took the throne from Doridas and Hyanthidas. Pau.2.4.3. |
| Anaxandra Daughter of Thersander 3. Mother by Eurysthenes 1 of King Agis 1 ofSparta. Pau.3.2.1, 3.16.6. |
| Callias Son of Temenus 2. Apd.2.8.5. |
| Cerynes Son of Temenus 2. During the conspiracy against his father Temenus 2, Cerynes kidnapped his sister Hyrnetho, who was married to the general that Temenus 2 favoured. Cerynes was killed by Deiphontes. Pau.2.28.3-5. |
| Cisus Son of Temenus 2. Father by Araethyrea of Phlias and Medon 8. Plotted against his father as he preferred Deiphontes to his own sons. King ofArgos after Deiphontes. Pau.2.12.6, 2.19.1, 2.28.3. |
| Cresphontes Son of Aristomachus 2. Father by Merope 2 of Aepytus 2. Cresphontes received the kingdom ofMessenia while casting lots with Procles 2 and Eurysthenes 1. His government for the most part was directed in favour of the people, and for this reason the rich rebelled and killed him and all his sons except Aepytus 2. Cresphontes was killed by the usurper Polyphontes 3 [see below]. Apd.2.8.4-5; Hyg.Fab.137; Pau.2.18.7, 4.3.7-8. |
| Deiphontes Son of Antimachus 2. Deiphontes, who was married to the Hyrnetho, daughter of Temenus 2 was openly employed as general in war and as adviser on all occasions by his father-in-law, who favoured his daughter instead of his sons. This was disliked by the sons of Temenus 2, who in the course of a conspiracy killed their father. However the army decided that the kingdom belonged to Hyrnetho and Deiphontes. Deiphontes had children by Hyrnetho: Antimenes, Xanthippus 1, Argeus 2, and Orsobia. Apd.2.8.5; Pau.2.19.1, 2.28.3ff. |
| Eurypylus 5 Son of Temenus 2. Together with his brothers he hired some fellows to murder his father [for this conspiracy see Deiphontes]. Apd.2.8.5. |
| Eurysthenes 1 Son of Aristodemus & Argia 4. Father by Anaxandra of King Agis 1. Eurysthenes 1 and his twin brother Procles 2 were bitter enemies, but they won by lot the kingdom of Lacedaemon. They decided to institute two royal houses in Lacedaemon (Sparta). Apd.2.8.2-5; Hdt.4.147, 6.52, 7.204; Pau.3.1.5-7, 4.3.4ff., 3.2.1, 3.16.6. |
| Hyrnetho Daughter of Temenus 2. In the course of the coup d'état that her brothers conceived Hyrnetho refused to conspire with them against her father Temenus 2 and her husband Deiphontes and was kidnapped by them. Some say she was killed by her brother Phalces 2 while she was pregnant. Apd.2.8.5; Pau.2.28.3ff. |
| Isthmius 1 Son of Temenus 2. King Isthmius 1 helped Aepytus 2. Aepytus 2 was the sole survivor of his house. He was in time able to punish the murderers of his father Cresphontes after becoming King ofMessenia. Pau.4.3.7. |
| Lacestades Son of Hippolytus 5, son of Rhopalus, son of Phaestus 2, son ofHeracles 1. King of Sicyon. Lacestades was spared by Phalces 2 when Sicyon was taken by the HERACLIDES because he too was one of the them. Pau.2.6.7. |
| Lathria Daughter of Thersander 3. Mother by Procles 2 of King Sous of Sparta. Pau.3.7.1, 3.16.6. |
| Phalces 2 Son of Temenus 2. During the invasion Phalces 2 surprised Sicyon by night and spared King Lacestades because he too was one of the HERACLIDES, and made him partner in the kingdom. Pau.2.6.7, 2.13.1, 2.28.3. |
| Procles 2 Son of Aristodemus & Argia 4. Father by Lathria of Sous and Eurypon. Procles 2 and his twin brother Eurysthenes 1 were bitter enemies, but they won by lot the kingdom of Lacedaemon and decided to institute two royal houses in Lacedaemon (Sparta). Apd.2.8.2-5; Pau.3.1.5-7, 3.7.1, 3.16.6, 4.3.4ff.; Strab.8.5.5. |
| Temenus 2 Son of Aristomachus 2. Father of Agelaus 3, Eurypylus 5,Callias and Hyrnetho. According to another version his children were: Cisus, Cerynes, Phalces 2, Agraeus 1, Isthmius 1 and Hyrnetho. Temenus 2 made the HERACLIDES masters of the Peloponnesus and receivedArgos as his part. Temenium, in Argive territory, was named after him. He favoured in all matters his daughter Hyrnetho and her husband Deiphontes, and for this reason he was conspired against by his own sons who had him murdered. Apd.2.8.4-5; Pau.2.18.7, 2.28.3, 2.38.1, 4.3.7. |
| Also the following have been called 'HERACLIDES': |
| Agron 2 Agron 2 is said to be the first of the HERACLIDES to become king of Sardes (Lydia) [see also Croesus]. He is son of Ninus, the Assyrian who founded Nineveh. Ninus was son of Belus 3, son of Alcaeus 6, son ofHeracles 1 and Omphale. Hdt.1.7. |
| Archelaus 5 Archelaus 5 was driven into exile by his brothers, came to the court of Cisseus 4 in Macedonia and was promised both the kingdom and the king's daughter, but was almost treacherously killed by the king. His father was Temenus 4, son of Heracles 1. Hyg.Fab.219 |
| Belus 3 Son of Alcaeus 6, son ofHeracles 1 & Omphale. Belus 3, who is counted among theHERACLIDES, is also called father of Ninus, the founder of Nineveh and husband of Semiramis [see alsoCroesus]. Hdt.1.7. |
| Boeus Founder of Boeae, a city in the easternmost Peloponnesian promontory. Pau.3.22.11 |
| Ninus Son of Belus 3. Father of Agron 2. King of Assyria and founder of Nineveh. He was murdered by his wife Semiramis, founder and Queen of Babylonia [see also Croesus]. Dio.2.7.1; Hdt.1.7; Hyg.Fab.240; Ov.Met.4.88; Strab.2.1.31. |
| Polyphontes 3 Counted as one of the HERACLIDES. Parentage unknown. He came to the throne ofMessenia after Cresphontes, and took to wife, against her will, the wife of the murdered man, Merope 2. He was killed by Aepytus 2, son of Cresphontes. Apd.2.8.5. |