Heracleium_(Pontus) Knowpia

Heracleium or Herakleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον), also known as Lamyron (Λαμυρών),^[1] was a port town of ancient Pontus, on the Black Sea,^[2] between Amisus and Polemonium. It was situated on a promontory of the same name called Herakleios akra (Ἡράκλειος ἄκρα) by Strabo,^[3] and Herakleous Akron (Ἡρακλέους ἄκρον) by Ptolemy^[4]).

Its site is north of the mouth of the Terme River, Anatolia.^[2]^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
^ ^a ^b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 87, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xii. p. 548. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 2.3.3.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Heracleium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

41°14′44″N 37°01′33″E / 41.245644°N 37.025822°E / 41.245644; 37.025822

[DARE-1] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

[Barrington-2] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 87, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[3] Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xii. p. 548. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[4] Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 2.3.3.

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