Heracleopolis Explained

Heracleopolis or Herakleopolis (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἡρακλεόπολις|link=no, Herakleópolis) or Herakleiopolis (Ἡρακλειούπολις) may refer to:

• Heracleopolis Magna in Upper Egypt (now a ruin)
• Heracleopolis Parva or Sethroë in Lower Egypt, identified with the site of Tell Belim
• Heracleopolis (Crete), town of ancient Crete
• Heracleopolis, former name of modern Sulusaray
• Heracleopolis (Pontus), town of ancient Pontus