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Heraclea

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Heraclea, Heracleia, Herakleia, or Heraclia (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια) may refer to:

Places

  • Heraclea (island), in the Aegean Sea, today called Iraklia or Irakleia

Ancient cities

In Asia

  • Heraclea Cybistra, Konya Province, Turkey
    • Ereğli, Konya, the modern city
  • Heraclea ad Latmum, near Lake Bafa, Turkey
  • Heraclea Pontica, Zonguldak Province, Turkey
    • Karadeniz Ereğli, the modern city
  • Heraclea (Aeolis), a place in Aeolis near Melampagos, Turkey
  • Heraclea (Lydia), a place in Lydia near Sipylus, Turkey
  • Heraclea Salbace, a place in Caria near Mount Salbacus, Turkey
  • Heraclea (Media), a place in Media (modern-day Iran)

In Europe

  • Heraclea (Thracian Chersonese), a town in the Thracian Chersonese, now in Turkey
  • Heraclea Lucania, Lucanian district of southern Italy
  • Heraclea Lyncestis, a town founded by Philip II of Macedon near the modern town of Bitola, North Macedonia
  • Heraclea Minoa, a town on the south coast of Sicily
  • Heraclea Perinthus, city of ancient Thrace, now in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey
    • Marmara Ereğlisi, the modern city
  • Heraclea Sintica, in Thracian Macedonia
  • Heraclea in Trachis (also called Heraclea Trachinia), south of the river Spercheios to the west of Thermopylae
  • Heraclea, ancient name of Saint-Tropez
  • Herakleia (Acarnania), a city in Acarnania
  • Heraclea (Athamania), a city of ancient Athamania
  • Heracleia (Crete), a town of ancient Crete
  • Heraclea (Elis), a city of ancient Elis
  • Heraclea (Mygdonia), a town in Mygdonia
  • Heraclea by Erice, a place near Erice, Sicily
  • Heraclea (Illyria), a place in Illyria, possibly on Hvar island

Modern places

  • Eraclea, Italy
  • Ereğli (disambiguation), various places in Turkey
  • Irakleia (disambiguation), various places in Greece

Other uses

  • Heraclea in Europa, a Roman Catholic titular archbishopric
  • Heracleia (festival), ancient festivals honoring the divine hero Heracles
  • Heraclia (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae
  • Battle of Heraclea in 280 BC between the Romans and a coalition of Greeks
  • The Heracleia of Panyassis of Halicarnassus, a largely lost epic poem
  • The Heracleia of Peisander of Rhodes, recounting the Labours of Heracles
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