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🌍 Heracleia (Pontos)

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  • Information
    city on coast of the Black Sea
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302511
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/844944
    Serves as entrance to
    🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades
    Cult site of
    👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god
    Founded by
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
    Settled by
    👥 the Caucones ethnic collective
    Named by
    👤 Lycos (Pontic) king of the Mariandynoi
    Eponym
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Two Oak Trees of Heracleia (Pontos) at the altars of Zeus Stratios
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Two Oak Trees of Heracleia (Pontos)
    Related entities
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero👤 Lycos (Pontic) king of the Mariandynoi🌍 the Land of the Mariandynoi (Pontos) territory south of the Black Sea🌍 River Parthenios (Paphlagonia) river on the Black Sea🌍 Cappadocia (Pontos) region south of the Black Sea👥 the Caucones ethnic collective🌍 Tieion (Paphlagonia) city in Paphlagonia👤 Cerberos (dog) three-headed guardian dog of the underworld🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god🏛️ the Two Oak Trees of Heracleia (Pontos) at the altars of Zeus Stratios🏺 the War-Belt of Hippolyte obtained by Heracles🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Mysia (Asia Minor) region in Asia Minor🌍 Paros (island) island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades🌍 Themiscyra (Pontos) city and territory of the Amazons🌍 Heracleia (Pontos) city on coast of the Black Sea
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.9📖 Pomponius Mela 1.103📖 Strabo 12.3.5📖 Pliny, Natural History 27.2.1📖 Pliny, Natural History 16.89.1
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPomponius MelaStraboPliny, Natural History
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Callisthenes
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Callisthenes FGrHist 124 fr. 53
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