Hēraclēa or Hēraclīa, ae, f., = Ἡράκλεια (city of Heracles or Hercules), the name of several cities.—In partic.
I A seaport of Lucania , on the river Siris , a colony of Tarentum , and the birthplace of the painter Zeuxis , now Policoro , Mel. 2, 4, 8; Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97; Cic. Arch. 4, 6; Liv. 1, 18; 8, 24.—
B Deriv.: Hēraclēen-ses or Hēraclīenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Heraclea , Heracleans , Cic. Arch. 4, 6 sq.; id. Balb. 8, 21.—
II A very ancient city of Sicily , a colony from Crete , called in earlier times Minoa, now Capo Bianco , Mel. 2, 7, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 125; Liv. 24, 35; 25, 40.—
B Deriv.: Hēraclēenses or Hēraclīenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Heraclea , Heracleans , Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43.—
III A city of Phthiotis in Thessaly , near Thermopylae , a colony of Sparta , formerly Trachis, Liv. 28, 5, 13 sq.; Just. 13, 5, 8.—
IV Heraclea Sintica or Heraclea ex Sintiis, a city in Paeonia , on the western bank of the Strymon , now Melenik , Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 3; Liv. 42, 51, 7.—
V A maritime town of Pontus , also with the epithet Pontica, now Erekli or Eregri , Mel. 1, 19, 7; Plin. 6, 1, 1, § 4; Liv. 42, 56.