38°54′00″N 20°56′09″E / 38.900074°N 20.935709°E
Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia ( Greek: Ἡράκλεια or Ἑράκλεα) was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Acarnania. [1] It was founded by Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, in the 4th century BCE. [1] It appears in the list of cities of Acarnania transmitted by Pliny the Elder, who places it near the city of Echinus. [2] Stephanus of Byzantium also mentions the town in his Ethnica. [3] Heraclea is tentatively located near modern Thesis Lekka. [4] [5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Hansen & Nielsen 2004, p. 359.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.5.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v Ἡράκλεια.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
Sources
- Hansen, Mogens Herman; Nielsen, Thomas Heine (2004). An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198140991.
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38°54′00″N 20°56′09″E / 38.900074°N 20.935709°E
Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia ( Greek: Ἡράκλεια or Ἑράκλεα) was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Acarnania. [1] It was founded by Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, in the 4th century BCE. [1] It appears in the list of cities of Acarnania transmitted by Pliny the Elder, who places it near the city of Echinus. [2] Stephanus of Byzantium also mentions the town in his Ethnica. [3] Heraclea is tentatively located near modern Thesis Lekka. [4] [5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Hansen & Nielsen 2004, p. 359.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.5.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v Ἡράκλεια.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
Sources
- Hansen, Mogens Herman; Nielsen, Thomas Heine (2004). An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198140991.
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