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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley) | 24 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Apollodorus, Library and Epitome (ed. Sir James George Frazer) | 18 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Pausanias, Description of Greece | 14 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Diodorus Siculus, Library | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Hesiod, Shield of Heracles | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Homer, The Iliad (ed. Samuel Butler) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Hyperides, Speeches | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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When Hercules had been translated to the gods, his sons fled from Eurystheus and came to
Ceyx.Ceyx, king of Trachis, who had given shelter and hospitality to Herakles. See above,
Apollod. 2.7.7. Compare Diod. 4.57, who
agrees with Apollodorus as to the threats of Eurystheus and the consequent flight of the
children of Herakles from Trachis to Athens.
According to Hecataeus, quoted by Longinus, De sublimitate 27, king Ceyx
ordered them out of the country, pleading his powerlessness to protect them. Compare
Paus. 1.32.6. But when Eurystheus demanded their
surrender and threatened war, they were afraid, and, quitting Trachis, fled through Greece. Being pursued, they came to Athens, and sitting down on the altar of Mercy, claimed protection.Compare Scholiast on Aristoph. Kn. 1151, who
mentions that the Heraclids took refuge at the altar of Mercy. As to the altar of Mercy
see below, Apollod. 3.7.1 note. A