Heraclea (Lydia)
# Heraclea (Lydia)

Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Lydia at the foot of Mount Sipylus. From this town magnets were known as Heracleus lapis.

Its site is tentatively located near Emiralem, Asiatic Turkey.

