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Heracleopolis (Pontus)
Heracleopolis or Herakleopolis ( grc-gre, Ἡρακλεόπολις, link=no, ''Herakleópolis'') or Herakleiopolis (Ἡρακλειούπολις) may refer to: * Heracleopolis Magna in Upper Egypt (now a ruin) * Heracleopolis Parva or Sethroë in Lower Egypt, identified with the site of Tell Belim * Heracleopolis (Crete), town of ancient Crete * Heracleopolis, former name of modern Sulusaray Sulusaray or Çiftlik, in Antiquity and the early Middle Ages known as Sebastopolis ( el, Σεβαστούπολις) or Heracleopolis (), is a town and a district of Tokat Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Sulusaray is about 68 km f ... * Heracleopolis (Pontus), town of ancient Pontus {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heracleopolis Magna
Heracleopolis Magna ( grc-gre, Μεγάλη Ἡρακλέους πόλις, ''Megálē Herakléous pólis'') and Heracleopolis (, ''Herakleópolis'') and Herakleoupolis (), is the Roman name of the capital of the 20th nome of ancient Upper Egypt, known in Ancient Egyptian as ''Het-Nesut''. The site is located approximately west of the modern city of Beni Suef, in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt. Name In Ancient Egypt, Heracleopolis Magna was called Child of the King (appearing as ''hnn nswt'' or ''hwt nn nswt''; also transcribed Henen-Nesut or Hut-Nen-Nesut). This later developed into cop, Ϩⲛⲏⲥ or ϩⲛⲉⲥ (), which was borrowed into early arz, اهناس ''Ahnās''. The site is now known as ''Ihnasiyyah Umm al-Kimam'' "Ihnasiyyah, Mother of the Shards" and as ''Ihnasiyyah al-Madinah'' "The City of Ihnasiyyah". The Greek name meant "City of Heracles", with the epithet "great" being added to distinguish it from other towns with that name. The Greek form b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heracleopolis Parva
Heracleopolis or Herakleopolis ( grc-gre, Ἡρακλεόπολις, ''Herakleópolis'') or Herakleiopolis (Ἡρακλειούπολις) may refer to: * Heracleopolis Magna Heracleopolis Magna ( grc-gre, Μεγάλη Ἡρακλέους πόλις, ''Megálē Herakléous pólis'') and Heracleopolis (, ''Herakleópolis'') and Herakleoupolis (), is the Roman name of the capital of the 20th nome of ancient Upper Eg ... in Lower Egypt (now a ruin) * Heracleopolis Parva or Sethroë in Lower Egypt, identified with the site of Tell Belim * Heracleopolis (Crete), town of ancient Crete * Heracleopolis, former name of modern Sulusaray * Heracleopolis (Pontus), town of ancient Pontus {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heracleopolis (Crete)
Heracleium or Herakleion ( grc, Ἡράκλειον), also known as Heracleia or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), was a town in ancient Crete, which Strabo calls the port of Cnossus, and was situated, according to the anonymous coast-describer (Stadiasmus), at a distance of 20 stadia from that city.''Stadiasmus Maris Magni'' §§ 348-349. Stephanus of Byzantium simply mentions the town as the 17th of the 23 Heracleias he enumerates. Although the ecclesiastical notices make no mention of this place as a bishop's see, yet there is found among the subscriptions to the proceedings of the Second Council of Nicaea, along with other Cretan prelates, Theodoros, bishop of Heracleopolis. The site of Heracleium is located near modern Heraklion Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban A .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulusaray
Sulusaray or Çiftlik, in Antiquity and the early Middle Ages known as Sebastopolis ( el, Σεβαστούπολις) or Heracleopolis (), is a town and a district of Tokat Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Sulusaray is about 68 km from the center of Tokat, and about 30 km from Artova town. The site is situated on a plain surrounded by mountains and the Çekerek river runs near it. The mayor is Şahin Hasgül ( MHP). Name The word '' Sebastopolis'' comes from Greek ''Sebastos'', the Greek equivalent of the Latin ''Augustus'', while ''polis'' means "city". In some sources the city was named as ''Heracleopolis'' (meaning "the city of Heracles", a Greek deity symbolizing power and strength). History The date of foundation of this ancient city is still unknown. Some sources say that it was first established in the first century during the reign of Roman emperor Trajan, and that the city was separated from the districts of Pontus Galaticus/Polemoniacus and was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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