Which Greek city is named after Hercules?
Heraklion or Heraclion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fifth largest city in Greece with a population of 140,730 according to the 2011 census. The population of the municipality was 173,993.
The Bronze Age palace of Knossos, also known as the Palace of Minos, is located nearby.
The ancient name Ηράκλειον was revived in the 19th century and comes from the nearby Roman port of Heracleum ("Heracles's city"), whose exact location is unknown. English usage formerly preferred the classicizing transliterations "Heraklion" or "Heraclion", but the form "Iraklion" is becoming more common.
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Player
Should it not be named after Heracles? He is Greek after all
Carol Fink Teitelbaum
The city where my husband’s parents are from.
Karin Johansson
Iswardew Matai, actually you are.
Karin Johansson
teacherchicky, so where are your questions? That we can laugh at?
Ken Putnam
Cari G.,
Reporting does absolutely nothing but make you feel good
I've been making reports for two years with absolutely no response from admins
Ken Putnam
Had to be one of the Quiz Club Bots with those options
tbear
Darlene Davidson, 👍😊
tbear
Todd Cates, 👍😊
Richard G Schwartz
Hercules,Hercules,Hercules.
pabjetster
The explanation of the answer is right. Unfortunately, it was NOT one of the choices for the answer to the question.
teacherchicky
Brainless Brian strikes again! Bad question and answer because it's, once again, wrong!
Iswardew Matai
Iraklion is the right option, so don't come showing off with Heraklion. Be consistent, we are not a bunch of morons. Maybe you are.
Albeck1994
Would be been good if the spelling in the options was correct as as the explanation says its heraklion not iraklion