Heraclea (Acarnania)

Coordinates: 38°54′00″N 20°56′09″E / 38.900074°N 20.935709°E / 38.900074; 20.935709

Acarnania in antiquity

Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia (Greek: Ἡράκλεια or Ἑράκλεα) was a city in ancient Acarnania. It was founded by Phillip 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.[3]

Heraclea is tentatively located near Thesis Lekka.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 359. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 5.5.
  3. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v Ἡράκλεια.
  4. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying.
  5. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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