Trachis was a region in ancient Greece. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Situated south of the river Spercheios, it was populated by the Malians. The Spercheios (Greek Σπερχειός Latin Spercheus) is a river in Thessaly, Greece. The Malians were a Greek tribe that resided at the mouth of the river Spercheios in Greece.
Its main town was also called Trachis until 426 BC, when it became Heraclea Trachinia. Events By place Greece The Athenian leader Cleon and Athenian general Demosthenes revitalise the city's military and It is located to the west of Thermopylae. Thermopylae (θɚˈmɒpəli (Ancient and Katharevousa Greek, Demotic Θερμοπύλες: "hot gateway" is a location in Greece Trachis is located just west of the western-most tip of the island of Euboea, north of Delphi. For the mythological figure see Euboea (mythology Euboea ( Modern Greek, Εύβοια - Évia &mdash Delphi ( Greek,) ( pronounce and dialectal forms) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western Near this place archaeologists discovered tombs from the Mycenaean period. Mycenaean Greece is a cultural period of ancient Greece taking its name from the archaeological site of Mycenae in northeastern Argolis, in the Peloponnese
According to Greek mythology Trachis was the home of Ceyx and Alcyone. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance See also Ceyx (disambiguation. In Greek mythology Ceyx (ˈsēks was the son of Eosphorus and the king of Thessaly In Greek mythology, Alcyone ( Greek:) was the daughter of Aeolus, either by Enarete or Aegiale. Heracles went to Trachis after the death of Eunomus. In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera " or The town is mentioned by Homer and for the last time in antiquity by Pausanias. Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Pausanias ( Greek:) was a Greek traveller and Geographer of the 2nd century CE, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus
Trachis/Heraclea in modern times
The settlement formerly known as "Trachis" was renamed "Heraclea Trachis/Trachinia" by the Spartans. In antiquity the settlement was famous for being at the base of the mountain where Hercules died ( mount Oeta) as well as being the place where the descendants of Hercules settled. During the Greco/Persian wars, the fertile plains of heraclea saw the landing and encampment of the Persian army as they marched to Thermopylae. During the Greek war of Independence the area has been famous for its resistance fighters or "klepts", a term which means mountain fighters or bandits, and includes those who opposed the Turkish "Harach" poll tax upon agricultural commodities.
In World War II, the area saw significant resistance to the Germans. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A vital railroad bridge linking southern and northern Greece was destroyed here.
Today the village of Heraclea is a thriving agricultural community. Recent excavations have also revealed a series of small tombs at the foothills of Oeta near the banks of the Asopus river.
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