Heraclides, Heracleides or Herakleides (Greek: ) in origin was any individual of the legendary clan of the Heracleidae, the mythological patronymic applying to persons descended from Hercules. As they were of the legendary tribe of the Dorians, the name in the classical age could mean anyone of Dorian background. The Dorians had their own group of dialects, which may or may not have been spoken by given individuals. Usage of the name was concentrated at Syracuse, a Dorian colony, Tarentum, a Spartan colony, and central Greece, legendary ancestral homeland of the Dorians, but they colonized the islands, Crete, and Anatolia as well. As a personal name, Heraclides may refer to: Political or military leaders and related At Syracuse Several political leaders from ancient Syracuse, Sicily Heracleides, son of Lysimachus, a Syracusan general during the siege of Syracuse in the Peloponnesian War 415 BC Heracleides, 414 BC, another Syracusan general in the Peloponnesian War 414 BC Heracleides, son of Aristogenes, a Syracusan admiral in the Peloponnesian War 409 BC Heracleides (admiral), admiral under Dionysius II of Syracuse and populist leader of Syracuse c. 357-355 BC Heracleides, 317 BC, a Syracusan leader who sustained Sosistratus in 317 BC Heracleides, uncle of Agathocles, an uncle of Agathocles of Syracuse Heracleides, 307 BC, the second son of Agathocles killed 307 BC Elsewhere Heracleides Criticus, a Greek traveller of the 3rd century BC Heracleides of Leontini, a ruler or tyrant of Leontini 278 BC Heracleides of Mylasa, fl. 498 BC, a general from Mylasa, who commanded the Carian Greeks against the Persians 498 BC. Heracleides of Cyme, tyrant of Cyme in the 3rd century BC of uncertain name, usually accepted to be Heraclitus of Cyme Heraclides (son of Antiochus), general of Alexander the Great Heraclides (son of Argaeus), admiral of Alexander the Great Heracleides of Maroneia, a Greek in the service of the Thracian chief Seuthes c. 300 BC Heraclides, 290 BC, an officer of Demetrius Poliorcetes commanding the garrison of Athens Heracleides of Tarentum, an officer of Philip V of Macedon c. 213–199 BC Heracleides of Gyrton, a Thessalian cavalry commander in the army of Philip at the battle of Cynoscephalae Heracleides of Byzantium, an ambassador of Antiochus III the Great 190 BC Heracleides (ambassador), an envoy of Antiochus IV Epiphanes 169–162 BC Iacob Heraclid (1527–1563), soldier, Protestant missionary, and Prince of Moldavia Religion Saint Heraclides (died 202 AD), Egyptian Christian martyr Philosophy Heraclides