Pontarachia
- Ancient name
- Heraclea
- Modern name
- Ereğli, Karadeniz Ereğli
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 41.28, 31.42
Pontarachia (present-day Ereğli, Turkey) is a port on the southern shore of the Black Sea, between Carpi and Samasto. Campbell #1306; Gordeev 28–9.
The toponym Pontarachia appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P109
Variant spellings of Pontarachia in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| pa[n]tte/chio | Ashb7 |
| Pantarach[...] | Cors2 |
| Pantarachia | Clas2 |
| pantarcha | Fn3 |
| pderracchia | Ricc8 |
| pendrachia | Tre |
| Pentarachia | Con3 |
| pentaranchia | Magl2 |
| Peterachia | NYPL2 |
| pittarochia | Bal, Laur5 |
| pntarachia | Yale4 |
| po[n]tara[...] | NYPL3 |
| po[n]tarachia | ME2 |
| po[n]tarchia | Pad1 |
| po[n]te rachie | Cap1 |
| po[n]ttar/chia | Ashb7 |
| po[n]ttarch[ia] | Ashb7 |
| po[n]ttarchia | Ashb7 |
| po[n]turchia | He3 |
| ponete araco | Ashb3 |
| Pont[...]rachia | Par3 |
| ponta roccha | Ricc15 |
| ponta[rachia] | Pal6 |
| Pontara[n]chia | Per2 |
| pontaracchia | Cs1, Laur3, NB |
| Pontaracchia | Fn9 |
| pontarach[...] | Ricc12 |
| pontarachi | Pal8 |
| pontarachia | Con1, Fn6, Fo, Marc1, Med1, Pal5, Pnc4, Pnc5, Wie1 |
| Pontarachia | Con4, Luc2 |
| Pontarachio | Med3 |
| ponterachia | Marc2 |
| ponturachia | Morg |
| Portarachia | Parm2 |
| potaracio | Pnc3 |
| poternochia | Ricc17 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Pontarachia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/pontarachia/.