Heracleium_(Pontus)
Heracleium (Pontus)
Ancient town in Anatolia
Heracleium or Herakleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον), also known as Lamyron (Λαμυρών),[1] was a port town of ancient Pontus, on the Black Sea,[2] between Amisus and Polemonium. It was situated on a promontory of the same name called Herakleios akra (Ἡράκλειος ἄκρα) by Strabo,[3] and Herakleous Akron (Ἡρακλέους ἄκρον) by Ptolemy[4]).
Its site is north of the mouth of the Terme River, Anatolia.[2][1]