- Heraclea
Heraclea , Heracleia or Heraclia may refer to:
Places
Island
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Heraclea (island) was the name of one of the Sporades, between Naxos and Ios, which is still called Raklia, and bears traces of a Greek township with temples to Tyche and Zeus Lophites.Ancient cities
The name of several Greek cities named after Heracles. [Michael Avi Yonab, Israel Shatzman (1976), "Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Classical World", Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Publishing House Ltd. SNB 562 000372p 230] [ H. B. Walters (editor), (1916), "A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Biography, Geography and Mythology" pp 480-481 ] [Lauffer, Siegfried, (1989)"Griechenland: Lexikon der historischen Stätten von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart", München: C.H. Beck' sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Oscar Beck), ISBN 3406333028, pp 264-5] [ von Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider (Herausgebers) (editors), (1999) "Der Neue Pauly. Enzyklopädie der Antike", Stuttgart; Weimar: J.B. Metzler'sche Verlags, Band (Vol.) 4, ISBN 3-476-01470-3, pp 364-7 ]
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Heraclea Cybistra ; an ancient city at Ereğli district,Konya Province ofTurkey * Heracleia by Latmus; an ancient city near
Lake Bafa , at Kapıkırı village inMilas district,Muğla Province ,Turkey *
Heraclea Lucania ; an ancient city of theLucania n district of southernItaly *
Heraclea Lyncestis ; an ancient town founded byPhilip II of Macedon near the modern town ofBitola ,Republic of Macedonia *
Heraclea Minoa ; an ancient town on the south coast ofSicily ,Italy * Heraclea Perinthus; an ancient city at
Marmara Ereğli district ofTekirdağ Province ,Turkey *
Heraclea Pontica ; an ancient city atKaradeniz Ereğli in theZonguldak Province ofTurkey *
Heraclea Sintica ; an ancient city in Thracian Macedonia,Bulgaria .* Heraclea Trachinia; was a region and city in
ancient Greece . Situated south of the riverSpercheios , to the west ofThermopylae .Modern places
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Irakleia for modern places inGreece pecies
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Heraclia (moth) ; a specy ofmoth genus Notes
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