Heraclea (Lydia)

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

^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Ἡράκλεια.
^ Hesychius of Alexandria, Lexicon, s.v.; Zenob. Prov. 2.22, p. 90, ed. Leutsch.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ 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.

38°36′54″N 27°10′09″E / 38.6149°N 27.1693°E / 38.6149; 27.1693

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[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Ἡράκλεια.

[2] Hesychius of Alexandria, Lexicon, s.v.; Zenob. Prov. 2.22, p. 90, ed. Leutsch.

[Barrington-3] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[DARE-4] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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