Heraclea, Heracleia, Herakleia, or Heraclia () may refer to:

Places

Heraclea (island) Irakleia or Heraklia (; ) is an island and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, community in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Naxos and Lesser Cyclades, of which it is a munic ...

, in the Aegean Sea, today called Iraklia or Irakleia

Ancient cities

In Asia

Heraclea Cybistra Heraclea Cybistra (), or simply Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Cappadocia or Cilicia; located at the site of modern Ereğli in Konya Province, Turkey. History Middle Bronze ...

, Konya Province, Turkey ** Ereğli, Konya, the modern city * Heraclea ad Latmum, near Lake Bafa, Turkey *

Heraclea Pontica Heraclea Pontica (; ; , ), known in Byzantine and later times as Pontoheraclea (), was an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus. The site is now the location of the modern city Karadeniz Ereğli, in ...

, Zonguldak Province, Turkey **

Karadeniz Ereğli Karadeniz Ereğli (or Ereğli) is a city in Zonguldak Province of Turkey on the Black Sea shore. It is the seat of Ereğli District.

, the modern city * Heraclea (Aeolis), a place in Aeolis near Melampagos, Turkey * Heraclea (Lydia), a place in Lydia near Sipylus, Turkey * Heraclea Salbace, a place in Caria near Mount Salbacus, Turkey * , a place in

Media Media may refer to: Communication * Means of communication, tools and channels used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Interactive media, media that is inter ...

(modern-day

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

)

In Europe

* Heraclea (Thracian Chersonese), a town in the Thracian Chersonese, now in Turkey *

Heraclea Lucania Heraclea, also Heracleia or Herakleia (), was an ancient city. It was situated on the Gulf of Taranto between the rivers Aciris (modern Agri) and Siris (modern Sinni). The ruins of the city are located in the modern ''comune'' of Policoro in ...

, Lucanian district of southern Italy * Heraclea Lyncestis, a town founded by Philip II of Macedon near the modern town of Bitola, North Macedonia * Heraclea Minoa, a town on the south coast of Sicily * Heraclea Perinthus, city of ancient Thrace, now in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey **

Marmara Ereğlisi Marmara Ereğlisi (; ), also spelled Marmaraereğlisi, is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Its area is 175 km2, and its population is 29,549 (2022). Facts Ereğli is 30 km east of the to ...

, the modern city * Heraclea Sintica, now in Bulgaria * Heraclea in Trachis (also called Heraclea Trachinia), south of the river Spercheios to the west of Thermopylae * Heraclea, ancient name of

Saint-Tropez Saint-Tropez ( , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (department), Var departments of France, department and the regions of France, region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southern France. It is west of Nice and east of Marseille, o ...

* Herakleia (Acarnania), a city in Acarnania * Heraclea (Athamania), a city of ancient Athamania * Heracleia (Crete), a town of ancient Crete * Heraclea (Elis), a city of ancient Elis * Heraclea (Mygdonia), a town in Mygdonia * , a place near

Erice Erice (; ) is a (municipality) contiguous with the provincial capital Trapani, in western Sicily. Its historic core occupies the site of the ancient city of Eryx, one of the most significant archaeological and religious centres in pre-Roman w ...

, Sicily * , a place in

Illyria In classical and late antiquity, Illyria (; , ''Illyría'' or , ''Illyrís''; , ''Illyricum'') was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by numerous tribes of people collectively known as the Illyrians. The Ancient Gree ...

, possibly on

Hvar Hvar (; Chakavian: ''Hvor'' or ''For''; ; ; ) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of Brač, Vis (island), Vis and Korčula. Approximately long, with a high east–west ridge of M ...

island

Modern places

Eraclea Eraclea () is a small city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. It is located on the Adriatic coast between the towns of Caorle and Jesolo. History From its founding until 742 AD, the Republic of Ven ...

, Italy * Ereğli (disambiguation), various places in Turkey * Irakleia (disambiguation), various places in Greece

Other uses

Heracleia (festival) The Heracleia ( ''Herakleia en Kynosargei'') were ancient festivals honoring the divine hero Heracles. The ancient Athenians celebrated the festival, which commemorated the death of Heracles, on the second day of the month of Metageitnion (which w ...

, ancient festivals honoring the divine hero Heracles * ''Heracleia'', largely lost epic poem of Panyassis of Halicarnassus * ''Heracleia'', epic poem of

Peisander Peisander (; ) of Camirus in Rhodes, Ancient Greek epic poet, supposed to have flourished about 640 BC. Biography Peisander was the author of a ''Heracleia'' (Ἡράκλεια), in which he introduced a new conception of the hero Heracles' cost ...

of Rhodes recounting the Labours of Heracles * ''Heraclia'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae * ''Heraclia'' (plant), a taxonomic synonym for the genus ''Centaurea'' *

Battle of Heraclea 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 from Epirus, Tarentum, Thurii, Metapontum, and Heraclea under the command of Pyrrhus, ...