Heracleides of Gyrton

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For other people named Heracleides, see Heraclides (disambiguation).

Heracleides (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλείδης) of Gyrton in Thessaly, commanded the Thessalian cavalry in the army of Philip V of Macedon at the Battle of Cynoscephalae.[1]

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBunbury, Edward Herbert (1870). "Heracleides". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 2. p. 389.