Aristodemus (Heraclide)

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Aristodemos ( Greek Ἀριστόδημος Aristodemos ) is in Greek mythology, a great-grandson of Heracles and one of three Heraklidenbrüder (the other two were Cresphontes and Temenos , the father was Aristomachos ) that the in the Doric migration conquered land (especially Laconia , Messinia , Argolis , Corinth and Megaris ) divided among themselves.

The oracle of Delphi consulted by Hyllos advised him to wait for “the third fruit” to conquer the Peloponnese and then to enter the peninsula through “a ravine across the sea”. After the fourth unsuccessful attempt, Temenus, Kresphontes and Aristodemos complained to the oracle that their instructions had turned out to be ominous, and received the answer that the “third fruit” meant the “third generation” and that the “ravine “ Is not the isthmus of Corinth , but the Strait of Rhion . Accordingly, they built a fleet in Naupaktos , but before they could sail , it was destroyed by Apollo by lightning, which also killed Aristodemus (or he was killed by an arrow of Apollo) because one of the Heraclids had killed an Akarnan fortune-teller. After the conquest, the Laconia landscape was given to Prokles and Eurysthenes , the twin sons of Aristodemus. Their descendants ruled Laconia ( Sparta ) until 221 BC. Chr.

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