Heraclea, Heracleia or Heraclia (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια) may refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 2.1 Island 2.2 Ancient cities 2.3 Modern places 3 Species 4 Sources

[edit] People

• Marcian of Heraclea was a minor Greek geographer of Late Antiquity
• Memnon of Heraclea (Greek: Mέμνων) (fl. c. 1st century) was a Greek historical writer, probably a native of Heraclea Pontica
• Clearchus of Heraclea (Greek: Kλέαρχoς; c. 401 – 353 BC; also spelled Cleärchus or Cleärch) was a citizen of Heraclea on the Euxine (Black Sea)
• Dionysius of Heraclea(in Greek Διoνυσιoς) was a tyrant of Heraclea who reigned from 337/336 to 306 BC
• Bryson of Heraclea (ca. 450 BCE - ca. 390 BCE) was an ancient Greek mathematician and sophist who contributed to solving the problem of squaring the circle and calculating pi
• Sabinus of Heraclea was bishop of Heraclea in Thrace, and a leader of the party and sect of Macedonius.- Flourished 425 AD
• Nicetas of Heraclea was an 11th century Greek clergyman. He was a prolific writer. He is sometimes confused with Nicetas Paphlagon.
• Chion of Heraclea (Greek: Χιων; lived 4th century BC), the son of Matris, a noble citizen of Heraclea, on the Pontus, was a disciple of Plato.
• Oxyathres of Heraclea (in Greek Oξυαθρης; died 284 BC) was a son of Dionysius, tyrant of Heraclea and of Amastris, the daughter of the brother of Darius III Codomannus, also called Oxyathres.
• Timotheus of Heracleain Greek Tιμoθεoς; died 338 BC) was son of Clearchus, the tyrant of Heraclea on the Euxine (Black Sea).
• Asclepiodotus of Heraclea was a commander in the army of Perseus of Macedon during the Third Macedonian War, which took place from 171 BC to 168 BC.
• Zeuxippus of Heraclea fl. 5th century BC) was an ancient Greek teacher of painting in Athens mentioned by Plato.
• Zeuxis (Greek: Ζεῦξις) (of Heraclea) was a painter who flourished during the 5th century BC.

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[edit] Island

• Heraclea (island) was the name of one of the Cyclades, between Naxos and IslandIos, today called Iraklia or Irakleia, and bears traces of a Greek township with temples to Tyche and Zeus Lophites

[edit] Ancient cities

The name of several Greek cities named after Heracles^[1][2][3][4]

• Heraclea Cybistra; an ancient city at Ereğli district, Konya Province of Turkey
• Heracleia by Latmus; an ancient city near Lake Bafa, at Kapıkırı village in Milas district, Muğla Province, Turkey
• Heraclea Lucania; an ancient city of the Lucanian district of southern Italy
• Heraclea Lyncestis; an ancient town founded by Philip II of Macedon near the modern town of Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
• Heraclea Minoa; an ancient town on the south coast of Sicily, Italy
• Heraclea Perinthus; an ancient city at Marmara Ereğli district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey
• Heraclea Pontica; an ancient city at Karadeniz Ereğli in the Zonguldak Province of Turkey
• Heraclea Sintica; an ancient city in Thracian Macedonia, Bulgaria
• Heraclea in Trachis (also called Heraclea Trachinia); an ancient city situated south of the river Spercheios, to the west of Thermopylae

[edit] Modern places

• Eraclea, Italy
• see Irakleia for modern places in Greece

[edit] Species

• Heraclia (moth); a specy of moth genus

[edit] Sources

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