Heraclea Pontica
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Heraclea Pontica
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Heraclea Pontica, known in Byzantine and later times as Pontoheraclea, was an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus. It was founded by the Greek city-state of Megara in approximately 560–558 BC and was named after Heracles who the Greeks believed entered the underworld at a cave on the adjoining Archerusian cape. The site is now the location of the modern city Karadeniz Ereğli, in the Zonguldak Province of Turkey. The colonists soon subjugated the n
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Ancient city on the coast of Bithynia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclea_Pontica
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2024-04-10T13:21:27Z
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