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

Places

Heraclea (island) Irakleia or Heraklia ( el, Ηρακλειά; grc, Ἡράκλεια) is an island and a former community in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Naxos and Lesser Cyclades, of which it is a mun ...

, in the Aegean Sea, today called Iraklia or Irakleia

Ancient cities

In Asia

Heraclea Cybistra Heraclea Cybistra ( grc, Ἡράκλεια Κύβιστρα), or simply Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Cappadocia or Cilicia; located at the site of modern Ereğli in Konya Provi ...

, Konya Province, Turkey **

Ereğli, Konya Ereğli is a city and district of Konya Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2009 census, the population of the district is 135,008 of which 95,056 live in the town of Ereğli. History The ancient town of Heraclea Cybi ...

, the modern city *

Heraclea ad Latmum Heraclea at Latmus or Heraclea under Latmus ( grc, Ἡράκλεια πρὸς Λάτμῳ or Ἡράκλεια ὑπὸ Λάτμῳ, Herakleia pros Latmo or Herakleia hupo Latmo; la, Heraclea ad Latmum), or simply Heraclea or Herakleia (), al ...

, near Lake Bafa, Turkey *

Heraclea Pontica __NOTOC__ Heraclea Pontica (; gr, Ἡράκλεια Ποντική, Hērakleia Pontikē), known in Byzantine and later times as Pontoheraclea ( gr, Ποντοηράκλεια, Pontohērakleia), was an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asi ...

, Zonguldak Province, Turkey **

Karadeniz Ereğli Karadeniz Ereğli (or Ereğli) is a city and district in Zonguldak Province of Turkey on the Black Sea shore. Population of the city proper is 121,237 as of 2020. The mayor of the city is Halil Posbıyık. Mehmet Yapıcı is the District Governor o ...

, the modern city *

Heraclea (Aeolis) Heraclea or Herakleia ( grc, Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Aeolis. It was opposite to Hecatonnesi. This town and the neighbouring Coryphantis are called villages of the Mytilenaeans. The town may als ...

, a place in Aeolis near Melampagos, Turkey *

Heraclea (Lydia) Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Lydia at the foot of Mount Sipylus. From this town magnets were known as ''Heracleus lapis''.Hesychius of Alexandria Hesychius of Alexandria ( grc ...

, a place in Lydia near Sipylus, Turkey *

Heraclea Salbace Heraclea Salbace ( grc, Ἡράκλεια Σαλβάκη, Herakleia Salbake), Heraclea Salbaces (Ἡράκλεια Σαλβάκης - ''Herakleia Salbakes''), Heraclea ad Albanum (Ἡράκλεια πρὸς Ἀλβανῷ - ''Herakleia pros Albano ...

, a place in Caria near Mount Salbacus, Turkey * , a place in

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(modern-day

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)

In Europe

Heraclea (Thracian Chersonese) Neapolis ( grc, Νεάπολις) was a Greek city in ancient Thrace, located on the Propontis. It also bore the name Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια). It was a member of the Delian League and appears in Athenian tribute registers between ...

, a town in the Thracian Chersonese, now in Turkey *

Heraclea Lucania Heraclea, also Heracleia or Herakleia ( grc, Ἡράκλεια), was an ancient city of Magna Graecia. It was situated on the Gulf of Taranto between the rivers Aciris (modern Agri (river), Agri) and Siris (modern Sinni (river), Sinni). The ruin ...

, Lucanian district of southern Italy *

Heraclea Lyncestis Heraclea Lyncestis, also transliterated Herakleia Lynkestis ( grc, Ἡράκλεια Λυγκηστίς; la, Heraclea Lyncestis; mk, Хераклеја Линкестис), was an ancient Greek city in Macedon, ruled later by the Romans. Its ...

, a town founded by Philip II of Macedon near the modern town of Bitola, North Macedonia *

Heraclea Minoa Heraclea Minoa ( grc-gre, Ἡράκλεια Μινῴα, ''Hērákleia Minṓia''; it, Eraclea Minoa) was an ancient Greek city situated on the southern coast of Sicily near the mouth of the river Halycus (modern Platani), 25 km west of A ...

, a town on the south coast of Sicily *

Heraclea Perinthus Perinthus or Perinthos ( grc, ἡ Πέρινθος) was a great and flourishing town of ancient Thrace, situated on the Propontis. According to John Tzetzes, it bore at an early period the name of Mygdonia (Μυγδονία). It lay 22 miles west ...

, city of ancient Thrace, now in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey **

Marmara Ereğlisi Marmara Ereğlisi (also spelled Marmaraereğlisi) () is a town, located in a district bearing the same name, in Tekirdağ Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The mayor, , is Hikmet Ata (DSP). Facts Ereğli is 30 km east of the tow ...

, the modern city *

Heraclea Sintica Heraclea Sintica, Heracleia Sintica, Хераклея Синтика in Bulgarian or Herakleia Sintike ( grc, Ἡράκλεια Σιντική), or Heraclea ex Sintiis, also known as Heraclea Strymonus or Herakleia Strymonos (Ἡράκλεια Στ ...

, now in Bulgaria *

Heraclea in Trachis Heraclea (Herakleia) in Trachis ( grc, Ἡράκλεια ἡ ἐν Τραχῖνι), also called Heraclea Trachinia (), was a colony founded by the Spartans in 426 BC, the sixth year of the Peloponnesian War. It was also a polis (city-state). Situ ...

(also called Heraclea Trachinia), south of the river Spercheios to the west of Thermopylae * Heraclea, ancient name of

Saint-Tropez , INSEE = 83119 , postal code = 83990 , image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Saint-Tropez-A (Var).svg , image flag=Flag of Saint-Tropez.svg Saint-Tropez (; oc, Sant Tropetz, ; ) is a commune in the Var department and the region of Provence-Al ...

Herakleia (Acarnania) Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia ( el, Ἡράκλεια or Ἑράκλεα) was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Acarnania.. It was founded by Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, in the 4th century BCE. It appears ...

, a city in Acarnania *

Heraclea (Athamania) Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia ( grc, Ἡράκλεια) was a fortress town of Athamania. References Populated places in ancient Epirus Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns {{AncientEpirus-geo-stub ...

, a city of ancient Athamania *

Heracleia (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 (Sta ...

, a town of ancient Crete *

Heraclea (Elis) Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia ( grc, Ἡράκλεια) was a town of Pisatis in ancient Elis, distant 40 or 50 stadia from Olympia. It was but a village in the time of Pausanias. It contained medicinal waters issuing from a fountain sacred to ...

, a city of ancient Elis *

Heraclea (Mygdonia) Heraclea or Herakleia ( grc, Ἡράκλεια) was a town of Mygdonia in ancient Macedonia. It is mainly known by Greek epigraphic sources, the oldest of which belongs to the 4th century BCE and the rest are from the Hellenistic and Roman pe ...

, a town in Mygdonia * , a place near

Erice Erice (; scn, Èrici) is a historic town and ''comune'' in the province of Trapani, Sicily, in southern Italy. Geography The main town of Erice is located on top of Mount Erice, at around above sea level, overlooking the city of Trapani, the ...

, Sicily * , a place in

Illyria In classical antiquity, Illyria (; grc, Ἰλλυρία, ''Illyría'' or , ''Illyrís''; la, Illyria, ''Illyricum'') was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by numerous tribes of people collectively known as the Illyr ...

, possibly on

Hvar Hvar (; Chakavian: ''Hvor'' or ''For'', el, Φάρος, Pharos, la, Pharia, it, Lesina) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of Brač, Vis and Korčula. Approximately long, wi ...

island

Modern places

Eraclea Eraclea () is a small city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coast between the towns of Caorle and Jesolo. History From its founding until 742 AD, the Repu ...

, Italy *

Ereğli (disambiguation) Ereğli (formerly Erekli) is a Turkish toponym derived from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια (''Herakleia''), in Latin Heraclea or Heraclia, named after the hero-born god Heracles. It may refer to : * Karadeniz Ereğli, a city and its district in Zon ...

, various places in Turkey *

Irakleia (disambiguation) Irakleia (Ηράκλεια) may refer to several places in Greece: *Irakleia, Arta, a municipal unit in Arta regional unit * Irakleia, Elis, a village in Elis * Irakleia, Cyclades, an island in the Cyclades * Irakleia, Serres, a municipality in Se ...

, various places in Greece

Other uses

* , a Roman Catholic titular archbishopric *

Heracleia (festival) The Heracleia ( grc-gre, Ἡράκλεια ἐν Κυνοσάργει ''Herakleia en Kynosargei'') were ancient festivals honoring the divine hero Heracles. The ancient Athenians celebrated the festival, which commemorated the death of Heracles, o ...

, ancient festivals honoring the divine hero Heracles * ''Heraclia'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae *

Battle of Heraclea The Battle of Heraclea took place in 280 BC between the Romans under the command of consul Publius Valerius Laevinus, and the combined forces of Greeks from Epirus, Tarentum, Thurii, Metapontum, and Heraclea under the command of Pyrrhus, king ...

in 280 BC between the Romans and a coalition of Greeks * The ''Heracleia'' of

Panyassis Panyassis of Halicarnassus, sometimes known as Panyasis ( grc, Πανύασις), was a 5th-century BC Greek epic poet from Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey). Life Panyassis was the son of Polyarchus ( grc, Πολ ...

of Halicarnassus, a largely lost epic poem * The ''Heracleia'' of

Peisander Peisander (; el, Πείσανδρος) of Camirus in Rhodes, Ancient Greek epic poet, supposed to have flourished about 640 BC. Biography Peisander was the author of a ''Heracleia'' (Ἡράκλεια), in which he introduced a new conception of ...

of Rhodes, recounting the Labours of Heracles {{disambiguation, geo