Ἡράκλεια

Entry #20
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 303.16 | Billerbeck: Η20
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count: 91
Entities: Ἡράκλεια (Heraclea) [place], Σικελία (Sicily) [place], Λυδία (Lydia) [place], Λιβύη (Libya) [place], Σάρδεις (Sardis) [place], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Κελτική (Celtic (region/people)) [people], Θεσσαλία (Thessaly) [place], Καρία (Caria) [place], Ταῦρος (Λυδικός) (Taurus (the Lydian Taurus mountains)) [place], Σκυθία (Scythia) [place], Ἰνδική (India / the Indies) [place], Καρπάθιον πέλαγος (Carpathian Sea) [place], Συρία (Syria) [place], Φοινίκη (Phoenicia) [place], Πιερία (Pieria) [place], Κρήτη (Crete) [place], Πισαϊκή (Pisaic (region)) [place], Σαλβάκιος (Salbakios (called Salbakios)) [place], Κυμαία / Κύμη (Cyme (in Aeolis)) [place], Αἰολίς / Αἰολίδα (Αἰολίς) (Aeolis) [place], Ἀκαρνανία (Acarnania) [place], Ἀτλαντικόν πέλαγος (Atlantic (Ocean)) [place], Μακεδονία (Macedonia) [place], Ἀμύντας (Amyntas) [person], Φίλιππος (Philip) [person], Ἡρακλεὺς (Heraclean (person from Heraclea)) [people], Ἡρακλειώτης (Herakliote (person from Heraclea)) [people], Ἡρακλεώτης (Herakleotes (variant)) [people], Ἡράκλειον (Heracleion (city)) [place], Ἡρακλεωτικός (Heraclean (adjectival/ethnic)) [other]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: (Herakleia) in Macedonia, a foundation (settlement) of Amyntas son of Philip.; Unclear Metalinguistic: (Herakleia) of Caria, the one called 'Salbakios', inland (mesogeios).; Morphological Composition: The ethnicon (demonym) 'Herakleus' and 'Herakleiotes' and 'Herakleotes'.
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