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Heraclea Trachinia (tra-kin'i-ä). In ancient geography, a town in Malis, Greece, 10 miles west of Thermopylæ: a Spartan colony. Heracleidæ. See Heraclidæ. Heracleitus. See Her a clit us. Heracleonites (he-rak'le-on-its). The followers of Heracleon, a Val ent in i an Gnostic of the 2d century, noted as a commentator on the Gospel of John. Heracles. See Hercules. Heraclian (he-rak'li-an). Died at Carthage, 413 A. D. A Roman general. He a a inated Stilicho in 408 at the instance of the emperor Honor i us, for which service he was rewarded with the office of count of Africa. He remained loyal to Honor i us during the usurpation in 409 and 410 of Attalus, the creature of Alaric, but revolted in 413, in which year he made an unsucce ful invasion of Italy. He was killed at Carthage by emi aries of the emperor. Heraclidæ (her-a-kli'dē). [Gr. Ηρακλείδαι .] 1. The descendants of Heracles; specifically, in Greek legend, certain Achæan chiefs claiming descent from Heracles, who in prehistoric times joined the Dorian migration to the Peloponne sus. The sons of Heracles were said to have been expelled from their heritage in the Peloponnesus by Eurystheus, and to have settled in Attica. The most notable of their descendants who joined the Dorians were Teme the Serbs in Illyricum as a barrier against the former about 620, he annihilated the power of the latter in a series of brilliant campaigns 622-628. The subsequent years of his reign were speut in an inexplicable inactivity, which resulted in the lo of Syria, Palestine, Me so pot am i a, and Egypt to the califs. Héraclius (a-rä-klē-üs'). A play by Corneille, published in 1647. Heras, Juan Gregorio de las. See Las Heras . Herat (her-ät'). 1. A territory in western Af- ghanistan, bordering on Persia. 2. A city of Afghanistan, situated near the river Heri-Rud, lat. 34° 22′ N., long. 62° 9′ E. It is a place of strategic and military importance, defended by a wall and earthwork, and has been called "the key of India." It was often captured in the middle ages; was unsucce fully besieged by the Persians in 1837-38, and taken by them in 1856; and was taken by Dost Mohammed in 1863, and by Abdurrahman Khan in 1881. It has undergone over 50 sieges. It is the center of a very fertile district, and is a natural emporium of trade. Population, about 30,000. Hérault (ā-rō'). 1. A river in southern France, flowing into the Mediterranean 31 miles southwest of Montpellier. Length, about 100 miles. 2. A department of southern France. Capital, Montpellier. It is bounded by Aveyron and Gard on the north, Gard on the east, the Mediterranean and Aude on the south, and Tarn on the west, corresponding to part of the ancient Langue doc. Among the leading products are oil and wine. Area, 2,393 square miles. Population (1891), 461,651. Hérault de Séchelles (ā-rō' de să-shel'), Marie Jean. Born at Paris, 1760: guillotined at JParis, April 5, 1794. A French revolutionist. He was a member of the Legislative A embly in 1791, of the Convention in 1792, and of the Committee of Public Safety in 1793. Herbart (her'bärt), Johann Fried rich. Born at Oldenburg, Germany, May 4, 1776: died at Göttingen, Pru ia, Aug. 14, 1841. A noted German philosopher, profe or at Königsberg (1809) and later (1833) at Göttingen, the founder of a school noted especially for its work in psychology. He published "Lehrbuch zur Einleitung in die Philosophie" (1813), "Lehrbuch zur Psycho logie (1816), "Psycho logie (1824-25), "All gem eine Metaphysik" (1828-29), "Encyklopädie der Philosophie" (1831). His complete works were edited by Harten stein (1850-52). Herbelin (erb-lan'), Madame (Jeanne Mathilde Habert). Born at Brunoy, Seine-etOise, Aug. 24, 1820: died at Paris, April 4, 1904. A French miniature-painter. She painted miniature portraits of Guizot, Rosa Bonheur, etc. Her be lot (er-blō'), Barthélemy d'. Born at Paris, Dec. 4, 1625: died there, Dec. 8, 1695. A French Orientalist. He published "Bibliothèque orientale, ou dictionnaire universel" (1697), etc. Herbert (her'bert), Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury. Born about 1582: died at London, Aug. 20, 1648. An English philosopher, soldier, diplomatist, and historian. His chief work is "De veritate" ("On Truth," 1624). Herbert, George. Born at Montgomery Castle, Wales, April 3, 1593: died at Bemerton, near Salisbury, Feb., 1633. An English poet, brother of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury. He graduated B. A. at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1613, and M. A. in 1616, when he was elected fellow. In 1618 he was prelector in the rhetoric school at Cambridge, and in 1619 he was made public orator. He was much in favor at court, and in his position as orator it was his duty to write all official letters to the government. This brought him much in contact with public men. In 1627 he resigned the post on account of ill health. In 1630 Charles I. presented him to the rectory of Fugglestone with Bemerton, Wilts hire. He repaired Bemerton church, which is said to be the smallest in England. It was restored by Wyatt in 1866. Here he wrote the religious poems for which he is principally remembered, and which were published after his death in a volume called "The Temple: Sacred Poems The Century Cyclopedia of Names Herbert, George and Private Ejaculations" (1633). In 1670 "more than 20,000 copies had been sold. There have been many edi. tions, the most careful being that of Grosart in his col lected edition of Herbert (1874). He also wrote "A Priest to the Temple, or the Country Parson," in prose (1652), etc. Herbert, Henry William: pseudonym Frank Forester. Born at London, April 7, 1807: committed suicide at New York, May 17, 1858. An Anglo-American miscellaneous writer, author of historical works, novels, translations, etc. He is best known by his works on sports: "Field Sports of the United States" (1849), "Frank Forester and his Friends" (1849), "The Horse and Horsemanship of the United States" (1857), etc. Herbert, John Rogers. Born at Maldon, E ex, England, Jan. 23, 1810: died at London, March 17, 1890. An English historical and portrait painter. He was elected one of the masters of the government school of design at Somerset House in 1841, and royal academician in 1846. He decorated the peers' robing-room in the House of Lords. His picture "Sir Thomas More and his Daughter" is in the Vernon collection, National Gallery. Herbert, Sidney, first Lord Herbert of Lea. Born at Richmond, Surrey, Sept. 16, 1810: died at Will on, England, Aug. 2, 1861. An English statesman, younger son of the eleventh Earl of Pembroke. He was secretary at war 1845-46, 1852-55, and 1859-61, and colonial secretary 1855. Herbert, Sir Thomas. Born at York, England, about 1606: died at York, March 1, 1682. An English traveler and author. He obtained a place in the suite of Sir Dodmore Cotton, amba ador to the King of Persia, in 1627. After the death of Cotton in the follow ing year, he made an extensive tour of the Persian dominions, and returned to England in 1629. He adhered to the Parliamentary cause during the civil war; was appointed to attend Charles I. during his confinement at Holden by in 1647; and in the same year was appointed by the king as one of his grooms of the bedchamber. He wrote "A Description of the Persian Monarchy" (1634: reprinted with additions as "Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great" in 1638) and "Threnodia Carolina" (1678: reprinted with additions as "Memoirs of the last two years of the reign of that Unparallell'd Prince of very ble ed memory, King Charles I.," in 1702). Herborn (her'born). A town in the province of He e-Na au, Pru ia, 39 miles northeast of Coblenz. tions of Hercules worshiped in different places and countries (as the Cretan or the Egyptian Hercules, etc.), under son if i cations being e entially the same, but their legendary history being different. Hercules is represented as brawny and muscular, with broad shoulders, generally naked, or draped merely in the skin of the Nemean lion, the head of the lion being often drawn over that of the hero as a helmet. He is usually armed with a club, sometimes with a bow and arrows. See Izdubar ( Gisdhubar ) . the same or other names, the attributes of these various per It has long been recognised that Herakles was the borrowed Phœnician Sun-god; we now know that his primi tive prototype had been adopted by the Phœnicians from the Accadians of Babylonia. It is not strange, therefore, that just as in the Greek myth of Aphrodite and Adonis we find the outlines of the old Chaldean story of Istar and Tammuz, so in the legends of Herakles we find an echo of the legends of Gisdhubar. The lion destroyed by Gisdhubar is the lion of Nemea; the winged bull made by Anu to avenge the slight offered to Istar is the winged bull of Krete; the tyrant Khumbaba, slain by Gisdhubar in "the land of pine-trees, the seat of the gods, the sanctuary of the spirits," is the tyrant Geryon; the gems borne by the trees of the forest beyond "the gateway of the sun" are the apples of the Hesperides; and the deadly sickne of Gisdhubar himself is but the fever sent by the poisoned tunic of Ne os through the veins of the Greek hero.