Heraclea (Acarnania)

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.

[2] Stephanus of Byzantium also mentions the town in his Ethnica.

[3] Heraclea is tentatively located near modern Thesis Lekka.

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