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Acarnania in antiquity

Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia (Greek: Ἡράκλεια or Ἑράκλεα) was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Acarnania.[1] It was founded by Philip 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]

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  1. ^ a b Hansen & Nielsen 2004, p. 359.
  2. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.5.
  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. 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. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  5. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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