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GENEALOGY
Pausanias Description of Greece
[1.5.2] About the intermarriage between Herakles and Poseidon's families.
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Spartans are descendants of Herakles while the Persians are descendants of the Achaemenes, both of which families go back to Perseus, son of Zeus. Socrates wants to decide which family is superior.
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On whether Iolaus was more Dionysodorus' nephew than Herakles'.
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