Heraclea

[ her-uh-klee-uh ]

/ ˌhɛr əˈkli ə /

an ancient city in S Italy, near the Gulf of Taranto: Roman defeat 280 b.c.

Example sentences from the Web for heraclea

Megabyzus took Perinthos (afterwards called Heraclea) and conquered Thrace.

The Birds |Aristophanes
Blanche had made a new catalogue and got it by heart, and knew at once from what corner of the Heraclea to summon the ghost.

The Caxtons, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Some conjecture, that it was Heraclea, near Crotona, in Italy.

The Book of Curiosities |I. Platts
After the noon of this day the army had made a short but quick march to Heraclea.

Aurelian |William Ware

Xenophon embarked his little troop at Heraclea, and went to make a new bargain with a king of Thrace, to whom he was a stranger.

A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) |Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

Heraclea

/ (ˌhɛrəˈkliːə) /

any of several ancient Greek colonies. The most famous is the S Italian site where Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans (280 bc)