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Heraclea, Heracleia, Herakleia, or Heraclia (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια) may refer to: Heraclea (island), in the Aegean Sea, today called Iraklia or Irakleia
Heraclea
Ancient Greek city in Macedon
Heraclea Lyncestis, also transliterated Herakleia Lynkestis (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Λυγκηστίς; Latin: Heraclea Lyncestis; Macedonian: Хераклеја Линкестис)
Heraclea_Lyncestis
Ancient city on the coast of Bithynia
Heraclea Pontica (/ˌhɛrəˈkliːə ˈpɒntɪkə/; Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Ποντική, romanized: Hērákleia Pontikḗ; Attic Greek: [hɛːrákleːa pontikɛ́ː], Koine Greek:
Heraclea_Pontica
Ancient Greek city in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria
Heraclea Sintica (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Σιντική, romanized: Hērákleia Sintikḗ; Bulgarian: Хераклея Синтика), also known as Heraclea Strymonike, was
Heraclea_Sintica
Topics referred to by the same term
Diocese of Heraclea may refer to: Archdiocese of Heraclea in Europe [it], former Orthodox and titular Catholic metropolitan see at Marmara Ereğlisi in
Diocese_of_Heraclea
Asclepiodotus of Heraclea (Ancient Greek: Ἀσκληπιόδοτος) was a commander in the army of Perseus of Macedon during the Third Macedonian War, which took
Asclepiodotus_of_Heraclea
Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια) was a fortress town of Athamania. Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 38.2
Heraclea_(Athamania)
Ancient Greek city
38°54′00″N 20°56′09″E / 38.900074°N 20.935709°E / 38.900074; 20.935709 Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia (Greek: Ἡράκλεια or Ἑράκλεα) was an ancient Greek
Heraclea_(Acarnania)
1st century Greek historian
Memnon of Heraclea (/ˈmɛmnən/; Ancient Greek: Mέμνων, gen.: Μέμνονος; fl. c. 1st century) was a Greek historical writer, probably a native of Heraclea Pontica
Memnon_of_Heraclea
Ancient city of Magna Graecia
Heraclea, also Heracleia or Herakleia (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια), was an ancient city. It was situated on the Gulf of Taranto between the rivers Aciris
Heraclea_(Lucania)
Town of ancient Cappadocia or Cilicia
Heraclea Cybistra (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Κύβιστρα), or simply Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient
Heraclea_Cybistra
Battle in 280 BC between the Romans and Pyrrhus of Epirus
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
Battle_of_Heraclea
Ancient Greek city
Heraclea Minoa (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Μινῴα, Hērákleia Minṓia; Italian: Eraclea Minoa) was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia situated on the southern
Heraclea_Minoa
Town of ancient Caria and Ionia
Heraclea at Latmus or Heraclea under Latmus (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια πρὸς Λάτμῳ or Ἡράκλεια ὑπὸ Λάτμῳ, romanized: Herakleia pros Latmo or Herakleia hupo
Heraclea_at_Latmus
Poem by Panyassis describing the 12 Labors of Heracles
The Heraclea (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια, Hērákleia; lit. '[exploits] of Heracles') is a lost ancient Greek epic poem written by Panyassis of Halicarnassus
Heraclea_(epic_poem)
Heraclea or Herakleia (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια) was a town of Mygdonia in ancient Macedonia. It is mainly known by Greek epigraphic sources, the oldest
Heraclea_(Mygdonia)
Region and city-state in ancient Greece
Trachis until 426 BC, when it was refounded as a Spartan colony and became Heraclea Trachinia. It is located to the west of Thermopylae. Trachis is located
Trachis
Crusade
by the time they had left Iconium for the next major Byzantine city, Heraclea Cybistra (Ereğli, Konya), the Turks had finally defeated the French and
Crusade_of_1101
Ancient city of central Greece
Heraclea (Herakleia) in Trachis (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια ἡ ἐν Τραχῖνι), also called Heraclea Trachinia (Ἡράκλεια ἡ Τραχινία), was a colony founded by the
Heraclea_in_Trachis
Tyrant of Heraclea (died 284 BC)
(Ancient Greek: Οξυάθρης; died 284 BC) was a son of Dionysius, tyrant of Heraclea and of Amastris, the daughter of the brother of Darius III Codomannus,
Oxyathres_of_Heraclea
4th-century BC tyrant of Heraclea Pontica
Dionysius (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος, romanized: Dionysios) was a tyrant of Heraclea Pontica on the Euxine (the Black Sea). He was a son of Clearchus, who had
Dionysius_of_Heraclea
Ancient city in northwest Asia Minor
Gryneium Halicarnassus Halisarna Harpasa Helos Heraclea at Latmus Heraclea in Aeolis Heraclea in Lydia Heraclea Salbace Hermocapelia Hierapolis Hieropolis
Troy
Ancient Greek teacher of painting
Zeuxippus of Heraclea (Greek: Ζεύξιππος; fl. 5th century BC) was an ancient Greek teacher of painting in Athens mentioned by Plato. Plato. Protagoras,
Zeuxippus_of_Heraclea
Ancient Greek city in Marmara Ereğlisi, Turkey
Perinthus (Ancient Greek: Πέρινθος, romanized: Périnthos), also known as Heraclea (Ἡράκλεια, Hērákleia), was an ancient city located in what is now Marmara
Perinthus
Greek saint
the animals could render her any harm, Glyceria died a virgin martyr in Heraclea. Her relics reputedly poured forth the substance known as the Oil of Saints
Saint_Glyceria
City in Pelagonia, North Macedonia
Monastir, is one of the oldest cities in North Macedonia. It was founded as Heraclea Lyncestis in the middle of the 4th century BC by Philip II of Macedon.
Bitola
5th-century BC Greek mathematician
Bryson of Heraclea (Greek: Βρύσων Ἡρακλεώτης, gen.: Βρύσωνος; fl. late 5th-century BCE) was an ancient Greek mathematician and sophist who studied the
Bryson_of_Heraclea
Herodorus of Heraclea (Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδωρος ὁ Ἡρακλεώτης) was a native of Heraclea Pontica who wrote a history on Heracles around 400 BC. Plutarch references
Herodorus
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
(Greek: Χίων; fl. 4th century BC) was the son of Matris, a noble citizen of Heraclea, city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, and was a disciple of Plato
Chion_of_Heraclea
Town of ancient Caria
Herakleia Salbakes), Heraclea ad Albanum (Ἡράκλεια πρὸς Ἀλβανῷ - Herakleia pros Albano), or Heraclea Albace (Ἡράκλεια Ἀλβάκη), or simply Heraclea or Herakleia
Heraclea_Salbace
District and municipality in Tekirdağ, Turkey
large towns in Turkey with the name Ereğli (deriving from the Greek name Heraclea), one in Konya Province (Konya Ereğlisi), the other on the Black Sea coast
Marmara_Ereğlisi
Ancient town in Basilicata, Italy
was an ancient town of Lucania (now Basilicata), Italy, situated near Heraclea. It has often been confounded with Pandosia in Bruttium; but the distinct
Pandosia_(Lucania)
Christian martyrs
and the year of their martyrdom has not survived, but it is placed in Heraclea. Their feast day was observed jointly on January 7. Other saints Felix
Felix_and_Januarius
Persian princess (died c. 284 BC)
(Ἀμαστρινή), was a Persian princess, and Basilissa-regnant of the city of Heraclea from circa 300 BC to her death. She was the daughter of Oxyathres, the
Amastris_(ruler_of_Heraclea)
Species of fern
Drynaria heracleum is one of the basket ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, native to the East Indies and Malay Peninsula. Its common name is paku suloh
Drynaria_heracleum
Greek ruler of Heraclea (c. 401 – 353 BC)
401 BC – 353 BC; also spelled Cleärchus or Cleärch) was a citizen of Heraclea on the Euxine (Black Sea) who was recalled from exile by the oligarchy
Clearchus_of_Heraclea
The Philip II Statue, officially The Founder of Heraclea Statue (name change to avoid conflict with Greece over history), is a large statue of the king
Philip_II_Statue
Town of ancient Aeolis
Heraclea or Herakleia (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Aeolis. It was opposite to Hecatonnesi. This town
Heraclea_(Aeolis)
The battles of Heraclea were a series of battles fought during the Crusade of 1101 between Crusaders led by William II, Count of Nevers and the Sultanate
Battles_of_Heraclea
Sabinus of Heraclea was bishop of Heraclea in Thrace, and a leader of the party and sect of Macedonius. He was the author of a collection of the Acts
Sabinus_of_Heraclea
Christian martyr and saint (281–319)
'Military Commander'; Coptic: ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ), also known as Theodore of Heraclea (Ancient Greek: Θεόδωρος Ἡρακλείας; AD 281–319) or Theodore of Arabia,
Theodore_Stratelates
Greek island in the Aegean Sea
Irakleia or Heraklia (Greek: Ηρακλειά; Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια) is an island and a former community in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government
Irakleia_(Cyclades)
71 BCE siege
The siege of Heraclea (72–71 BC) was a military investment of the city of Heraclea Pontica during the Third Mithridatic War. The siege was conducted by
Siege_of_Heraclea
Ancient Greek physician and poet
Numenius of Heraclea (Ancient Greek: Νουμένιος ὁ Ἡρακλεώτης, Nouménios ho Hērakléōtēs) is ancient Greek physician and poet, dated to the end of the 4th
Numenius_of_Heraclea
Greek philosopher and astronomer (c. 390–c. 310 BC)
BC – c. 310 BC) was a Greek philosopher and astronomer who was born in Heraclea Pontica, now Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey, and migrated to Athens. He is best
Heraclides_Ponticus
37°41′15″N 21°34′25″E / 37.687483°N 21.573479°E / 37.687483; 21.573479 Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια) was a town of Pisatis
Heraclea_(Elis)
Major deities of the Greek pantheon
Another of Pindar's Olympian odes mentions "six double altars". Herodorus of Heraclea (c. 400 BC) also has Heracles founding a shrine at Olympia, with six pairs
Twelve_Olympians
Greek city in ancient Thrace
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
Neapolis (Thracian Chersonese)
Neapolis_(Thracian_Chersonese)
Wooden horse in Greek mythology
Lake Lerna Lake Caves Cave at Cape Matapan Cave at Lake Avernus Cave at Heraclea Pontica Charoniums Charonium at Aornum Charonium at Acharaca Ploutonion
Trojan_Horse
Ancient harbor town of Crete in Greece
Heracleium or Herakleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον), also known as Heracleia or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), or Heracleopolis was a town in ancient Crete, which
Heracleium
Tyrant of Heraclea (died 338 BC)
Timotheus of Heraclea (Ancient Greek: Τιμόθεος ὁ Ἡρακλειεύς, Timotheos; died 338 BC) was son of Clearchus, the tyrant of Heraclea on the Euxine (Black
Timotheus_of_Heraclea
Ancient Greek writer
Nymphis (Ancient Greek: Νύμφις), son of Xenagoras, a native of Heraclea Pontica, lived in the middle of the third century BC, and was a person of distinction
Nymphis
Species of moth
Sonorarctia fervida (Walker, 1855) Synonyms Arctia fervida Walker, 1855 Heraclea commixta Butler, 1877 Arctia rodriguezi Druce, 1890 Heraclia fervida Godman
Sonorarctia_fervida
romanized: Peri Herakleias) of Memnon of Heraclea. Doedalsus (Ancient Greek: Δοιδαλσοῦ or Δυδαλσοῦ). Memnon of Heraclea wrote about him: "[Astacus] achieved
List_of_rulers_of_Bithynia
Biblical scholar
scholar of the mid-4th century AD. He was bishop of Heraclea in Thrace (also called Perinthus or Heraclea in Europa; modern Marmara Ereğlisi), being appointed
Theodorus (bishop of Heraclea in Thrace)
Theodorus_(bishop_of_Heraclea_in_Thrace)
Greek colony of Magna Graecia
Bradanus and the Casuentus (modern Basento). It was distant about 20 km from Heraclea and 40 from Tarentum. The ruins of Metapontum are located in the frazione
Metapontum
Country in Southeast Europe
Heraclea Lyncestis, a city founded by Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BC; ruins of the Byzantine "Small Basilica"
North_Macedonia
War fought by Pyrrhus of Epirus in Italy and Sicily against Rome and Carthage
the winter of 281/80 BC. Pyrrhus advanced north, defeating the Romans at Heraclea in Lucania and causing some Roman allies to defect. He advanced quickly
Pyrrhic_War
Era in Greece from (c. 1200 – c. 800 BC)
Mainland Italy Alision Ankṓn Brentesion Caulonia Chone Croton Cumae Elea Heraclea Lucania Hipponion Hydrus Krimisa Laüs Locri Medma Metauros Metapontion
Greek_Dark_Ages
Ancient town in modern day Turkey
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
Heraclea_(Lydia)
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
may be confusing the two Brysons when it refers to Bryson of Heraclea: Bryson of Heraclea introduced eristic dialectic after Euclides, whereas Clinomachus
Bryson_of_Achaea
11th century Greek bishop
of Serres or Serrae in Macedonia. Eventually he became Metropolitan of Heraclea (Pontus), at the end of the eleventh century. He was a prolific writer
Nicetas_of_Heraclea
Greek geographer
Marcian of Heraclea (Ancient Greek: Μαρκιανὸς Ἡρακλεώτης, Markianòs Hērakleṓtēs; Latin: Marcianus Heracleënsis; fl. c. 4th century AD) was a minor Greek
Marcian_of_Heraclea
Saint Potamon of Heraclea (or Potamon of Alexandria, Potamone, Potamion; died c. 341) was a bishop of Heraclea in Egypt who was persecuted under the emperor
Potamon_of_Heraclea
Ancient Greek colonial ruins in Sevastopol, Crimea
years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula. Settlers from Heraclea Pontica in Bithynia established the colony in the 6th century BC. The ancient
Chersonesus
Battle in 281 BC
Lysimachus died during the fighting. According to Memnon of Heraclea's History of Heraclea Pontica, Lysimachus was killed by a javelin thrown by Malacon
Battle_of_Corupedium
Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
Mainland Italy Alision Ankṓn Brentesion Caulonia Chone Croton Cumae Elea Heraclea Lucania Hipponion Hydrus Krimisa Laüs Locri Medma Metauros Metapontion
Ancient_Greece
4th-century BC conflict between Heraclea Pontica and Bosporan Kingdom
Bosporan–Heracleote War was a long and enduring conflict between the states of Heraclea Pontica and the Bosporan Kingdom. It lasted decades, but ended after the
Bosporan–Heracleote_War
Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
Mainland Italy Alision Ankṓn Brentesion Caulonia Chone Croton Cumae Elea Heraclea Lucania Hipponion Hydrus Krimisa Laüs Locri Medma Metauros Metapontion
Acropolis_of_Athens
(Sophist) Castor of Rhodes Dio Chrysostom Lucius Cincius Alimentus Criton of Heraclea Criton of Pieria Dexippus Cassius Dio Diocles of Peparethus Diodorus Siculus
List of ancient Greek historians
List_of_ancient_Greek_historians
Large wooden ship from classical Greek
in Heraclea for Lysimachos; it was one of the largest wooden ships ever built. There exists a textual fragment by Memnon, the historian of Heraclea, describing
Leontophoros
Central African Republic footballer (born 2000)
2000) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie D club Heraclea. Born in France, he plays for the Central African Republic national team
Brad_Pirioua
Name list
Greek comic poet of unknown date Clearchus of Heraclea (c. 401 BCE – 353 BCE), Greek tyrant of Heraclea Pontica Clearchus of Rhegium (fl. 5th century
Clearchus
Roman road in ancient Hispania
The Via Augusta (also known as the Via Herculea or Via Exterior) was the longest and busiest of the major roads built by the Romans in ancient Hispania
Via_Augusta
5th-century BCE Greek painter
Zeuxis (/ˈzjuːksɪs/; Ancient Greek: Ζεῦξις) (of Heraclea) was a late 5th-century- early 4th-century BCE Greek artist famed for his ability to create images
Zeuxis_(painter)
Earliest age on the geologic time scale of the Pliocene era
for the Zanclean is in the vicinity of the ruins of the ancient city of Heraclea Minoa on Sicily, Italy. The top of the Zanclean Stage (the base of the
Zanclean
Multi-headed dog in Greek mythology
Chersonese near Heraclea Pontica, on the Black Sea, a place more usually associated with Heracles' exit from the underworld (see below). Heraclea, founded c
Cerberus
Comune in Basilicata, Italy
ruins of the ancient Heraclea (also Heracleia or Herakleia) are located in the modern comune of Policoro. The city of Heraclea was founded in 434 BC
Policoro
King of Bithynia, 228–182 BC
of Bithynia in a series of wars against King Attalus I of Pergamon and Heraclea Pontica on the Black Sea, taking various cities formerly owned by the Heracleans
Prusias_I_of_Bithynia
Lake situated in southwestern Turkey
as the ruins of Heraclea by Latmus (sometimes called Heraclea in Ionia), to distinguish from other ancient Greek sites named Heraclea. The mountain chain
Lake_Bafa
Archaic Greek expansion across the Mediterranean and Black Sea (750–550 BC)
Pistyrus GR27. Rhaecelus GR28. Dicaea GR29. Methoni GR30. Heraclea in Trachis GR31. Heraclea in Acarnania GR32. Anactorium GR33. Sale GR34. Drys GR35.
Greek_colonisation
Anatolian saint
with (or was the original source of) the similar Theodore Stratelates of Heraclea. Theodore is the English form of the Latin masculine given name Theodorus
Theodore_Tiron
Roman general, politician and consul in 74 BCE
his fellow consul, he reduced the Pontic coast and captured the city of Heraclea after a two-year siege. Returning to Rome in 70 BC, Cotta was acclaimed
Marcus Aurelius Cotta (consul 74 BC)
Marcus_Aurelius_Cotta_(consul_74_BC)
Ancient Greek goddess
Athena with Scylla decorated helmet and Heracles fighting the Nemean lion (Heraclea Lucania, 390-340 BC) Paestan red-figure bell-krater (c. 330 BC), showing
Athena
appointed by Arsinoe II, the wife of Lysimachus, to the government of Heraclea Pontica, when that city was given to her by her husband. By his arbitrary
Heraclitus_of_Cyme
Term defining Bronze-age port cities and colonies in the Aegean
commercial and supporting settlements in the Mediterranean coasts. Minos Heraclea Minoa El Mina Al Mina F. Schachermeyer (1964). Die Minoische Kultur des
Minoa
Peutingeriana (4th century) Alypius of Antioch (4th century) Marcian of Heraclea (4th century) Expositio totius mundi et gentium (AD 350–362) Julius Honorius
List of Graeco-Roman geographers
List_of_Graeco-Roman_geographers
Ancient Greek god of winemaking and wine
Myriobiblon 190.35 Nonnus, Dionysiaca 16.244–280; Memnon of Heraclea, History of Heraclea book 15, as epitomised by Photius of Constantinople in his Myriobiblon
Dionysus
Municipality in Zonguldak, Turkey
Karadeniz Ereğli was originally a Greek city in ancient times known as Heraclea Pontica after the Greek mythical hero Heracles. The Turkish name Karadeniz
Karadeniz_Ereğli
Battle of the Roman–Seleucid War
into two armies of equal strength, garrisoning the cities of Hypata and Heraclea in Trachis; which blocked the roads to Aetolia and Thermopylae respectively
Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC)
Battle_of_Thermopylae_(191_BC)
ISBN 978-3-515-06951-9. Aristotle, Constitution of Athens,17.4 Memnon of Heraclea, Chapter 9 Pausanias,2.21.8 Thucydides in Book II of his History of the
List_of_ancient_Greek_tyrants
Given name most often associated with males
Maussollos Timotheus of Heraclea, 4th century BC ruler of Heraclea Pontica, and the son of the tyrant Clearchus of Heraclea Timotheus (aulist), a late
Timotheus
miraculously escaped from his persecutors. He died soon after, about 140 AD at Heraclea Sintica in Thrace, as a result of the torture inflicted on him by his captors
Pausilypus
Name list
brother of King Darius III Codomannus Oxyathres of Heraclea, a son of Dionysius, tyrant of Heraclea Oxyartes, father of Roxana Oxathres son of Abulites
Oxathres
2nd century Greek physician and historian to Emperor Trajan
Criton of Heraclea (Greek: Κρίτων, Latin: Titus Statilius Crito) was a 2nd-century (c. 100 AD) Greek chief physician and procurator of Roman Emperor Trajan
Criton_of_Heraclea
313 CE battle
Eastern Thrace. Sources put the battle between 18 and 36 Roman miles from Heraclea Perinthus, the modern-day town of Marmara Ereğlisi. After the death of
Battle_of_Tzirallum
Siege during the Bosporan Expansion Wars
Kingdom under Leukon I against the city of Theodosia, a probable colony of Heraclea Pontica, who had aided the city in two previous sieges. In the first siege
Siege of Theodosia (c. 360 BC)
Siege_of_Theodosia_(c._360_BC)
Association football player (born 1989)
professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie D club Heraclea. Born in Belgium, he has represented the DR Congo national team. In January
Benjamin_Mokulu
Greek historian
Xenagoras (Ancient Greek: Ξεναγόρας) was a Greek historian from Heraclea Pontica quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, from whom we learn that Xenagoras
Xenagoras_(historian)
Comune in Sicily, Italy
received the name "Eraclea" in 1874, associating it to the ancient site of Heraclea Minoa nearby. The economy is based on agriculture, including production
Cattolica_Eraclea
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