Ancient Greek:Ἡράκλεια Κύβιστρα | |
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| Location | Turkey |
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| Region | Konya Province |
| Coordinates | 37°30′53″N34°02′22″E / 37.514768°N 34.039332°E /37.514768; 34.039332 |
Heraclea Cybistra (Ancient Greek:Ἡράκλεια Κύβιστρα), or simplyHeraclea orHerakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated asHeracleia, was a town ofancient Cappadocia orCilicia; located at the site of modernEreğli inKonya Province,Turkey.[1]
In the Hittite Old Kingdom, it was known as Hupisna/Hubisna.
In the Hittite New Kingdom (Hittite Empire), Hupisna was part of the empire.
Dated to the 8th century BC, about 12 km south of Heraclea, is theHittiteİvriz relief.[2]
It had some importance inHellenistic times owing to its position near the point where the road to theCilician Gates enters the hills. It lay in the way of armies and was more than once sacked by theArab invaders ofAsia Minor[3] (byHarun al-Rashid in806 andal-Ma'mun in 832). Heraclea was also the site of multiple battles in theCrusade of 1101, wherein Seljuk forces dealt a decisive blow to multiple contingents of the Crusader armies.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Hogarth, David George (1911). "Heracleas.v. Heraclea Cybistra". InChisholm, Hugh (ed.).Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 308. | This article about a location inancient Cilicia is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
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