Heraclea

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, now in Bulgaria
• 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

• Heracleia (festival), ancient festivals honoring the divine hero Heracles
• Heracleia, largely lost epic poem of Panyassis of Halicarnassus
• Heracleia, epic poem of Peisander of Rhodes recounting the Labours of Heracles
• Heraclia (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae
• Heraclia (plant), a taxonomic synonym for the genus Centaurea
• Battle of Heraclea in 280 BC between the Romans and a coalition of Greeks

See also

• Diocese of Heraclea (disambiguation)

1. Heraclea Pontica
2. Heraclea Lyncestis
3. Diocese of Heraclea
4. Heraclea Cybistra
5. Heraclea Sintica
6. Heraclea Lucania
7. Heraclea Minoa
8. Battle of Heraclea
9. Marcian of Heraclea
10. Marmara Ereğlisi
11. Heraclea in Trachis
12. Crusade of 1101
13. Heraclea Salbace
14. Bitola
15. Sabinus of Heraclea
16. Bryson of Heraclea
17. Heraclea at Latmus
18. Oxyathres of Heraclea
19. Amastris (ruler of Heraclea)
20. Siege of Heraclea