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Heraclea (Lydia)
Heraclea
or
Herakleia
, 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
.