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A city situated at the beginning of the Malian plain on the gulf of
the same name and on the road from Brallo to Lamia, slightly W of the gorge of
the Asopos, S of Lamia.
Founded in 426 B.C. by the Spartans as a strategic post on the Pass
of Thermopylai (Thuc. 3.92), Herakleia dominated the low valley of the Spercheios,
replacing ancient Trachis where Herakles had taken refuge in exile. It was named
after the Dorian hero. Its neighbors (Boiotia) contended with Sparta for the city,
which thereafter was attacked and razed by Jason of Pherai in 371 (Xen. Hell.
6.4.27; Diod. 15.57.2). It joined the Delphic Amphictyony, then the Aitolian League,
aiding Antiochos in his struggle against Acilius Glabrio.
The site is established by JG IX.2.1 and by Vardates' manumission.
It lay in the plain between the ravines of the Asopos and Skliphomeli, where sections
of the rampart have been found and even 10 isodomic courses of a wall. Inside
it is a 55 m stretch of aqueduct; the gymnasium (Liv. 36.22) apparently was situated
near the road to Brallo. Neither the tomb of Deianira (Paus. 2.23.5) nor the Sanctuary
of Artemis (Liv. 36.22) has been located. Both sides of Skliphomeli are hollowed
out in many places, the cavities serving as rock tombs.
Y. Bequignon, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Sep 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
Trachinia, a town of Thessaly, founded by the Lacedaemonians, and a colony from Trachis, about B.C. 426, in the sixth year of the Peloponnesian War. It was distant about sixty stadia from Thermopylae and twenty from the sea. Iason, tyrant of Pherae, took possession of this city at one period, and caused the walls to be pulled down. Heraclea, however, again arose from its ruins, and became a flourishing city under the Aetolians, who sometimes held their general council within its walls. It was taken by the Roman consul, Acilius Glabrio, after a long and obstinate siege.
This extract is cited Sep 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Also called Heraclea Trachiniae, or Heraclea Phthiotidis, or simply Heraclea, a town of Thessaly in the district Malis, celebrated as the residence of Heracles for a time.
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