Herakleion
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Sep 13, 2025 05:06 PM
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History
Herakleion was an ancient place located in what is now Ukraine, mentioned by Strabo. According to The Barrington Atlas Directory, it might have been located 3 miles east of Kerch'.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857705
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unlocated, settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 87 Herakleion
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: 3 miles E Kerch'? UKR
David Braund, R. Talbert, Diane Braund, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Herakleion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857705> [accessed: 07 December 2025]
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