Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια ἡ ἐν Τραχῖνι | |
 The site of Heraclea in Trachis. | |
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| Alternative name | Trachis (Τραχίς) |
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| Location | Greece |
| Region | Central Greece |
| Coordinates | 38°47′27″N 22°26′33″E / 38.79077°N 22.4425°E |
Heraclea (Herakleia) in Trachis (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια ἡ ἐν Τραχῖνι), also called Heraclea Trachinia (Ἡράκλεια ἡ Τραχινία),[1] was a colony founded by the Spartans[2] in 426 BC, the sixth year of the Peloponnesian War.[3] It was also a polis (city-state).[4]
- ^ Other names by which it was known in antiquity were: Ἡράκλεια ἡ ἐν Τραχινίᾳ, Xen. Hell. 1.2. 18: Diod. 12.77, 15.57; Ἡρακλεῶται οἱ ἐν Τραχῖνι, Thuc. 5.51; Ἡ Ἡράκλεια ἡ Τραχὶν καλουμένη πρότερον, Strab. ix. p.428; Heraclea Trachin dicta, Plin. Nat. 4.7. s. 14; H. Φθιώτιδος, Ptol. 3.13.46.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Forgotten Books. p. 174. ISBN 1-60620-995-7.
- ^ Speusippus (2004). Natoli, Anthony Francis (ed.). The Letter of Speusippus to Philip II. Franz Steiner Verlag. p. 88. ISBN 3-515-08396-0.
- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 710-712. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.