Heraclea (Acarnania)

Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia (Greek: Ἡράκλεια or Ἑράκλεα) was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Acarnania.[1] 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 in his Ethnica.[3] Heraclea is tentatively located near modern Thesis Lekka.[4][5]

Acarnania in antiquity

See also

• List of cities in ancient Epirus

References

1. Hansen & Nielsen 2004, p. 359.
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.

Sources

• Hansen, Mogens Herman; Nielsen, Thomas Heine (2004). An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198140991.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)