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 known as Heracleus lapis.[1][2]

Its site is tentatively located near Emiralem, Asiatic Turkey.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Ἡράκλεια.
  2. ↑ Hesychius of Alexandria, Lexicon, s.v.; Zenob. Prov. 2.22, p. 90, ed. Leutsch.
  3. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Heracleia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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