Heraclea Pontica

Built558 BC

Heraclea Pontica is a ancient site in Ereğli, Zonguldak; Heraclea Pontica was an ancient city on the Bithynian coast of Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus.

Vyacheslav Argenberg from Seattle, WA, USA · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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Location: 41.2847°N · 31.4147°E

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Heraclea Pontica was an ancient city on the Bithynian coast of Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus. It was founded around 560-558 BC by the Greek city-state of Megara and named after Heracles, who was believed to have descended to the underworld through a nearby cave.

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