List of ancient Greek cities
This is a small list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece proper. Note that there were a great many Greek cities in the ancient world. In this list, a city is defined as a single population center. These were often referred to as poleis in the ancient world, although the list is not limited to "proper" poleis. Also excluded from the list are larger units, such as kingdoms or empires.
A
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Abdera | Thrace (near Xanthi), Greece | Avdira | |
| Abila | 13 km north-northeast of Irbid, Jordan | abandoned | Abila Dekapoleos, Abila (Greek: Ἄβιλα), Seleucia (Greek: Σελεύκεια), Seleuceia, Seleukeia, Seleukheia |
| Abila Lysaniou | Coele-Syria | abandoned | Abila Lysaniae, Abila |
| Abydos | Hellespont | abandoned | |
| Acanthus | Egypt | Dashour | Akanthos (Greek: Ἄκανθος) |
| Acanthus | Athos | Ierissos | Erisso |
| Acharnae | near Acharnes and Ano Liosia, about 10 km north of Athens | ||
| Actium | mouth of the Ambracian Gulf | Punta, abandoned | |
| Aegae | northern Greece, close to modern Vergina | abandoned | Aigai |
| Aegina | island in the Saronic Gulf, 17 miles (27 km) from Athens | ||
| Aegium | Achaea, Greece | Aigio (Αίγιο) | Egio, Egion |
| Aenus | Turkish Thrace | Enez | Poltyobria, Poltymbria |
| Agrinion | Aetolia-Acarnania, 3 km south-west of modern Agrinio | abandoned | Agrinium |
| Aigosthena | Attica | abandoned | Egosthena |
| Akragas | Sicily | Agrigento | Agrigentum, Kerkent, Girgenti |
| Akrai | Sicily | Palazzolo Acreide | Acrae |
| Akrillai | Hyblaean Mountains, south-eastern Sicily | Chiaramonte Gulfi | Acrillae, Gulfi |
| Akroinon | western Turkey | Afyonkarahisar | Hapanuwa, Nicopolis, Kara Hissar, Afyon, Karahisar-i Sahip, Afium-Kara-hissar, Afyon Karahisar |
| Akrotiri | Thera/Santorini, Greece | ||
| Alalia | Corsica | Aléria | Aleria, Alaliē (Ἀλαλίη) |
| Alexándreia (Ἀλεξάνδρεια) | northern Egypt | Alexandria | al-Iskandariyya, Rakotə, Eskendereyya (اسكندريه) |
| Alexandretta | southern Turkey | İskenderun | al-'İskandarūn (الإسكندرون) |
| Alexandria in Arachosia | southern Afghanistan | Qandahar | |
| Alexandria in Ariana | western Afghanistan | Herat | |
| Alexandria Asiana | Iran | ||
| Alexandria Bucephalous | near Jhelum, Pakistan | abandoned | |
| Alexandria of the Caucasus | near modern Bagram, Afghanistan | Kapisa | |
| Alexandria Eschate | Fergana Valley | Khujand | Alexandria the Furthest, Khüjand, Khodzhent, Khudchand, Chodjend, Ispisar, Leninabad, Leninobod |
| Alexandria on the Indus | at the confluence of the Indus and Chenab rivers, Pakistan, 13 km from modern Uch | abandoned | Uch, Uch Sharif, Alexandria at the Head of the Punjab |
| Alexandria on the Oxus | near Kunduz, northern Afghanistan | abandoned | Ai-Khanoum, Ay Khanum, possibly Eucratidia |
| Alexandria Troas | Troad region of Turkey | Alexandria of the Troad, Sigia, Antigonia Troas, | |
| Alinda | near Karpuzlu, Turkey | abandoned | possibly Alexandria by the Latmos |
| Amarynthos | Euboea, Greece | ||
| Amaseia | Yeşilırmak River, northern Turkey | Amasya | Amáseia (Αμάσεια) |
| Ambracia | Epirus | ||
| Amida | banks of the River Tigris, south-eastern Turkey | Diyarbakır | Diyâr-ı Bekr, Amed, Āmîḏ (ܐܡܝܕ) |
| Amisos | Black Sea coast, Turkey | Samsun | Amisus, Eis Amison, Samsunta, Samsus, Samson, Samsounta |
| Amnisos | Crete, Greece | Amphicleia | Phocis, Greece |
| Amphigeneia | Peloponnese, southern Greece | abandoned | |
| Amphipolis | Thrace, northern Greece | Amfipoli | |
| Amphissa | Phocis, Greece | Amfissa | Salona |
| Ankon (Ἀγκών) | Adriatic coast of central Italy | Ancona | |
| Antigona | |||
| Antipatrea | southern Albania | Berat | Beligrad |
| Antioch on the Maeander | south western Turkey, near Kuyucak | abandoned | Antiochia on the Maeander, Antiochia ad Mæandrum, Pythopolis |
| Antioch, Mygdonia | south eastern Turkey | Nusaybin | Soba, Nisibis |
| Antioch on the Orontes | eastern side of the Orontes River, near modern Antakya, Turkey | Antiochia ad Orontem, Great Antioch, Syrian Antioch | |
| Antioch, Pisidia | 1 km northeast of Yalvaç, Isparta Province, Turkey | Antiochia in Pisidia, Pisidian Antioch (Greek: Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Πισιδίας), Antiochia Caesareia, Antiochia Caesaria, Antiochia in Phrygia | |
| Antiochia ad Taurum | near Gaziantep, Turkey | abandoned | Antiochia in the Taurus |
| Andros | Cyclades, approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) south east of Euboea | ||
| Apamea | on the Orontes River, about 55 km northwest of Hama, Syria | abandoned | Apameia (Απάμεια), Afamia (أفاميا or آفاميا) |
| Apamea | near the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates, in Iraq | abandoned | Apameia (Απάμεια) |
| Apamea | Sittacene, Iraq, surrounded by the Tigris | abandoned | Apameia (Απάμεια) |
| Apamea | near Nahavand, Iran | abandoned | Apameia (Απάμεια) |
| Apamea Myrlea | on the Sea of Marmara, south of Mudanya, Turkey | abandoned | Apamea Myrleon, Apameia Myrleanos, Brylleion, Myrlea (Μύρλεια), Murleia, Myrleia, Colonia Iulia Concordia, Apamena. |
| Apamea | lake formed by the Birecik Dam, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey | abandoned | Apameia (Απάμεια) |
| Apamea | Phrygia, Turkey | Dinar | Apameia (Απάμεια), Kibotos (κιβωτός), hê Kibôtos, Cibotus |
| Apamea Ragiana | Media, Iran | abandoned | Apamea Rhagiana, Apamea Raphiana, Apameia Rhagiane, Arsace, Khuvar, Choara |
| Aphidnae | Attica, Greece, about 28 km north of Athens | Afidnes (Αφιδνές, Αφίδναι) | Afidnai |
| Apollonia | Fier region, Albania | Apolonia | |
| Apollonia | Epirus, north western Greece | abandoned | |
| Apollonia | Mygdonia, northern Greece | abandoned | |
| Apollonia | Pirgos Apollonias, northern Greece, opposite Thasos | abandoned | |
| Apollonia | Chalcidice, northern Greece | abandoned | |
| Apollonia | Aetolia, north western Greece | abandoned | |
| Apollonia | Acte peninsular, northern Greece | abandoned | |
| Apollonia | north coast of Crete, near Cnossus | abandoned | |
| Apollonia | south coast of Crete | abandoned | |
| Apollonia | Sicily | possibly Pollina | |
| Apollonia | Cyrenaica, Libya | abandoned | |
| Apollonia | Mysia, western Turkey | abandoned | |
| Apollonia ad Rhyndacum | Mysia, western Turkey | abandoned | |
| Apollonia Pontica | Black Sea coast of Bulgaria | Sozopol | Antheia, Apollonia, Apollonia Magna |
| Argos | Peloponnese, Greece | ||
| Arsuf | 15 km north of Tel Aviv, Israel | abandoned | Arsur, Apollonia |
| Artanes | on the Danube, north west Bulgaria | Lom | Almus, Lom Palanka |
| Artemita | Babylonia, in the district of Apolloniatis (modern Iraq) | abandoned | Ἀρτεμίτα |
| Argyroupoli | northern Turkey | Gümüşhane | |
| Asine | Argolis, Greece | destroyed | |
| Asine | Messenia, Greece | ||
| Asine | Laconia, southern Greece | Skoutari | |
| Asine | Cyprus | Asinou (Ασίνου) | |
| Asklepios | northern Turkey | Iskilip | Iskila, Aesculapius, Andrapa, Andrapolis, Blocium, Bloacium, Neoclaudiopolis, Neopolis, İmad, Iskelib, İskelib, Direklibel |
| Aspendos | Antalya, southern Turkey | abandoned | |
| Assus | Çanakkale, Turkey | Behramkale | Assos |
| Astacus | western Turkey | İzmit | Nicomedea, Olbia |
| Athens | Attica, Greece | Athena (Αθήνα) | |
| Aytos | eastern Bulgaria | Aitos | Aetos, Ajtos, Astos, Idos, Akvilia |
B
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Baris | south western Turkey | Isparta | |
| Bhrytos | Lebanon | Beirut | |
| Borysthenes | Ukrainian Black Sea coast | Berezan Island | Berezan' |
| Berge | Serres, Greece | Berge | Bergi |
| Boura | Achaea, Greece | ||
| Bouthroton (Βουθρωτόν) | southern Albania | abandoned | Butrint, Bouthrotios (Βουθρώτιος), Buthrotum |
| Brauron | Attica, Greece | abandoned | Vravrona, Vravronas |
| Byblos | Lebanon | Byblos | Byblos, Gubla, Gebal, Jbeil |
| Byllis | near Vlorë, Albania | abandoned | |
| Byzantium | Bosphorus Strait, western Turkey | Istanbul | Constantinople, Byzantion |
| Bythinion | western Turkey | Bolu | Vithinion (Βιθύνιον), Bithynium, Claudiopolis |
C
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Cebrene | Troad region of Turkey | Kebrene, Kevrin, Alexandria (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια), Antiochia in Troad (Greek: Αντιόχεια της Τρωάδας) | |
| Chalcedon | opposite Byzantium, south of Scutari (modern Üsküdar) | Kadıköy | Chalkedon, Calchedon (Καλχήδων) |
| Calydon | Aetolia, Greece | ||
| Carystus | near modern Karystos, Euboea, Greece | ||
| Chamaizi | Crete, Greece | [Chamaizi is later Turkish name; ancient name unknown] | [Hill is known locally as Souvloto Mouri, ancient Minoan site but possibly not a city] |
| Chalcis | Euboea, Greece | Chalkida, Halkida, Halkis, Chalkis | |
| Chersonesos | near Sevastopol, Crimea | Korsun, Khersones, Chersonese, Chersonesos, Cherson | |
| Chios | in the island with the same name, Greece | ||
| Chytri | Cyprus | Kythrea | Chytroi (Χύτροι) |
| Clazomenae | near İzmir, in Turkey | Kilizman | Clazomenae (Κλαζομεναί) |
| Cnidus | situated on Datça peninsula, southwestern Turkey | Tekir | Knidos (Κνίδος) |
| Colosse | Phrygia, Asia Minor (modern Turkey) | abandoned | Κολλοσσαί, Colossae, Chonae, Kona |
| Corcyra | Corfu island, Greece | Corfu | Κέρκυρα, Κόρκυρα, Corcyra, Corfu, Corfù, Kérkyra |
| Corcyra Melaena | Korčula island, Dalmatia (part of modern Croatia) | Korčula | Κόρκυρα Μέλαινα, Kórkyra Mélaina, Corcyra Nigra |
| Corcyra (Mesopotamia) | Kirkuk Gοvernorate, Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) | Kirkuk | Kórkura, Kirkoúk |
| Corinth (Κόρινθος) | Isthmus of Corinth, Greece | Korinth, Acrocorinth, Korinthos, Ephyra | |
| Croton | Calabria, southern Italy | Crotone | Crotona, Cotrone |
| Cumae (Κύμη) | northwest of Naples | abandoned | Cuma (Κύμη or Κύμαι) |
| Cyme | Aeolis, Turkey | Namurt | Kymi, Phriconis |
| Cyrene | near Shahhat, Cyrenaica, Libya | abandoned | |
| Cythera | Ionian Islands, Greece | ||
D
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Decelea (Δεκέλεια) | Attica, Greece | Dekeleia, Dekelia, Deceleia, Decelia, Tatoi | |
| Delos | Cyclades, Greece | Dhilos (Δήλος) | |
| Delphi | Mount Parnassus, Greece | ||
| Demetrias | Magnesia, eastern Greece | Dimitrias | |
| Dimale | Illyria, Albania | Dymale | |
| Didyma | western Turkey | Didim | |
| Dion | Mount Olympus, Pieria, northern Greece | Dio (Δίο) | |
| Dioscurias | Black Sea coast of Abkhazia, Georgia | Sukhumi | |
| Dodona | Epirus, Greece | abandoned | Dòdònè (Δωδώνη) |
| Dorylaion | near Eskişehir, Turkey | abandoned | Dorylaeum |
| Dyme | Achaea, Greece | abandoned | |
E
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Edessa | Pella, northern Greece | Voden, Vodine, Vodina, Vudena, Vodena | |
| Edessa | Mesopotamia, southern Turkey | Şanlıurfa | Orrha, Orrhoa, Orhāy, Ourhoï, Urha, Ourha, Er Roha, Ar-Ruha, Orfa, Urfa, Ourfa, Sanli Urfa |
| Elateia | Phocis, Greece | ||
| Eleusis | Attica, Greece | ||
| Eleutherna | 25 km southeast of Rethymno, Crete | Apollonia (Ἀπολλωνία) | |
| Emporion | Catalonia, Spain | Empúries | Palaiapolis, Neapolis |
| Ephesus | Ionia, western Turkey | Efes | |
| Ephyra | Thesprotia, Greece | Kichyros - Κίχυρος | |
| Epidamnos | coastal Albania | Durres | Epidamnos (Επίδαμνος), Dyrhacchion (Δυρράχιον), Dyrrachium, Drach, Drač (Драч), Dıraç. Durazzo |
| Epidauros | Argolis, Greece | Epidavros | |
| Eresos | Lesbos, Greece | Skala Eresou | |
| Eretria | Euboea, Greece | ||
| Erythrae | Ionia, western Turkey | Erythrai (Ἐρυθραί), Litri | |
| Eubea | Sicily | Licodia Eubea | |
G
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Gangra | Çankırı, Turkey | Çankırı | Germanicopolis (Γερμανικόπολις), Germanopolis (Γερμανόπολις), Changra, Kandari, Kanghari |
| Gaza | Palestinian Territories | Gaza | |
| Gela | southern Sicily, Italy | Gela | Terranova di Sicilia |
| Golgi | Cyprus | abandoned | Golgoi (Γόλγοι) |
| Gonnos | Larissa regional unit, Greece | Gonnoi | Gonni (Γόννοι), Gonnus |
| Gorgippia | Black Sea coast of Krasnodar Krai, Russia | Anapa (Ана́па) | Sinda |
| Gournia | Crete, Greece | ||
| Gortyn | Crete | destroyed | Gortyna (Γόρτυνα, Γόρτυς, or Γόρτυν) |
| Gythium | Laconia, Greece | Gytheio | Gýtheion (Γύθειον), Gythio, Githio, Yithion |
H
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Hagios Onouphrios | Crete, Greece | ||
| Hagia Triada | Crete, Greece | Ayias Triadha | |
| Halicarnassus | Caria, Turkey | Bodrum | Halikarnassós, Alikarnassós (Ἁλικαρνασσός), Halikarnas, Petronium (Πετρώνιον) |
| Helike | Achaea, Greece | submerged | |
| Heliopolis | Lebanon | Baalbek | Heliopolis, Baalbek, Ἡλιούπολις |
| Hellespontos | Turkey | Dardanelles | |
| Helorus | south-east coast of Sicily | abandoned | Heloros, Helorum, Elorus, Ἔλωρος, Ἕλωρος, Eloro |
| Hēmeroskopeion | Province of Alicante, Spain | Dénia | Ἡμεροσκοπεῖον, Dianium |
| Heraclea Perinthus | western Turkey | Marmara Ereğli | Heraclea Thraciae, Heraclea (Ἡράκλεια), Heraclea |
| Heraclea | Lucania, Italy | abandoned | Anglona |
| Heraclea by Latmus | near Lake Bafa, Muğla Province, Turkey | Kapıkırı | Latmus, Λάτμος |
| Heraclea Cybistra | near Ereğli, Turkey | abandoned | |
| Heraclea Lyncestis | south-western Republic of Macedonia | Bitola | Herakleia Lynkestis |
| Heraclea Minoa | near Montallegro, south coast of Sicily | abandoned | Hêrakleia Minôia, Rhachlôtês, Heracliensis |
| Heraclea Pontica | Bithynia, Turkey | Karadeniz Ereğli | |
| Heraclea Sintica | Pirin Macedonia, Bulgaria | abandoned | |
| Heraclea Trachis | Euboea, Greece | Heraclea | Trachis, Heraclea Trachinia |
| Hermione | Peloponnese, Greece | Ermioni (Ερμιόνη) | |
| Hermonassa | Taman peninsula, Krasnodar Krai, Russia | Tmutarakan (Тмутаракань) | |
| Hierapetra | Southern Crete, Greece | ||
| Hierapolis | Pamukkale, western Turkey | abandoned | Hierapolis (Ἱεράπολις) |
| Himera | northern coast of Sicily | abandoned, site subsequently re-settled | Thermae, Therma, Thermae Himerenses |
| Histria | Black Sea coast of Romania | abandoned | Istros (Ιστριη) |
| Hybla Gereatis | southern slope of Mount Etna, Sicily | abandoned | |
| Hybla Heraea | Hyblaean Mountains, south-eastern Sicily | Ragusa | Hibla, Heresium, Rogos, Rakkusa |
| Hyele | Campania, Italy | Velia | Elea |
I
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Ialysos | Rhodes | ||
| Iasus | Caria, south-west Turkey | abandoned | Iassus (Iασoς, Iασσoς), Askem, Asýn Kalessi |
| Idalium | Cyprus | Dali | Idalion (Ιδάλιον) |
| Imbros | Greek island in northern Aegean Sea | Gökçeada | İmroz, Imvros (Ίμβρος) |
| Iolcus | Thessaly, eastern Greece | Iolkos (Ιωλκός) | |
| Itanos | North-eastern Crete | Erimopolis | |
| Ithaca | island in the Ionian Sea | Ithaka, Ithaki, (Ιθάκη) | |
J
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Juktas | Crete, Greece | ||
K
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Kallipolis | Caria, south-western Turkey | ||
| Kallipolis | Hellespont, north-western Turkey | Gelibolu | Gallipoli |
| Kallipolis | Apulia, southern Italy | Gallipoli | Callipolis |
| Kamares | Crete, Greece | ||
| Kameiros | Rhodes, Greece | ||
| Kannia | Crete, Greece | ||
| Kamarina | south-eastern coast of Sicily | abandoned | Camarina, Kamerina |
| Kasmenai | Hyblaean Mountains, south-eastern Sicily | abandoned | Casmene, Kasmene |
| Katane | east coast of Sicily | Catania | Katánē (Κατάνη), Catăna, Catĭna, Balad-al-Fil, Medinat-al-Fil, Wadi Musa, Qataniyah |
| Kerkinitida | Crimea, Ukraine | Yevpatoria | Eupatoria (Євпаторія, Евпатория), Kezlev, Kerkinitis, Gözleve |
| Kepoi | Taman Peninsula, Krasnodar Krai, Russia | abandoned, submerged | Cepoi (Κήποι, Кепы) |
| Kimmerikon | Kerch Peninsula, Crimea | abandoned | Cimmericum Crimea |
| Kios | Sea of Marmara, Bithynia, north-western Turkey | abandoned | Cius-Kios (Kίος, Kείος), Keios, Prusa, Prusias, Prusias ad Mare |
| Knidos | Caria | ||
| Knossos | Crete | abandoned | Knossus, Cnossus (Κνωσός) |
| Kos | island of the Dodecanese, off Bodrum | Cos (Κως), İstanköy, Coo, Stanchio | |
| Kourion | Cyprus | Curium, Curias (Κούριον) | |
| Kydonia | Crete, Greece | Chania | Cydonia |
| Kyrenia | Cyprus | Girne | |
L
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Lamia | central Greece | Zetounion (Ζητούνιον), Zitouni (Ζητούνι), Zirtounion, Zitonion, Girton, El Cito | |
| Lampsacus | Troad, Turkey | Lapseki | Lampsakos (Λάμψακος), Pityusa, Pityussa, Pituousa (Πιτυουσα), Pituoussa (Πιτυουσσα) |
| Laodicea in Syria | Syrian coast | Latakia | Laodicea ad Mare, Latakiyah, Al-Ladhiqiyah, Laodikeia, Laodiceia, Lazkiye, Laodicea ad Mare |
| Laodicea on the Lycus | Lydia, Turkey | destroyed | Diospolis, Rhoas, Claudiolaodicea, Laodicea ad Lycum, Laodiceia, Laodikeia |
| Laodicea in Media | western Iran | Nahavand | Laodicea in Persis, Antiochia Nahavand, Nahāvand (نهاوند), Nahavend, Nahawand, Nehavand, Nihavand, Nehavend, Mah-Nahavand, Laodicea (Λαοδικεια), Ladhiqiyya, Laodiceia, Laodikeia, Laodicea in Media, Antiochia in Persis, Antiochia of Chosroes (Αντιόχεια του Χοσρόη), Antiochia in Media (Αντιόχεια της Μηδίας), Nemavand, Niphaunda |
| Laodicea Combusta | Lycaonia, Turkey | abandoned | Laodicea Catacecaumene, Laodiceia, Laodikeia, Laodikeia Katakekaumenê, Claudiolaodicea |
| Laodicea ad Libanum | Coele-Syria | abandoned | Laodiceia, Laodikeia, Cabrosa, Scabrosa, Cabiosa Laodiceia |
| Laodicea | Arcadia, Greece | Laodiceia, Laodikeia | |
| Laodicea Pontica | Pontus, north-eastern Turkey | Laodiceia and Laodikeia | |
| Laodicea | Mesopotamia, Iraq | lost | Laodikeia, Laodiceia |
| Laodicea in Phoenicia | Lebanon | Beirut | Laodicea in Canaan, Berytus |
| Lapithos | Cyprus | Lapta | |
| Larissa | Thessaly, Greece | Yenişehr-i Fenar, Lárisa | |
| Lato | Crete, Greece | ||
| Laüs | Lucania, southern Italy | abandoned | Laus, Laos (Λᾶος) |
| Lebena | Crete, Greece | ||
| Leibethra | Macedonia, Greece | ||
| Lefkada | island in the Ionian Sea | ||
| Leontini | southeastern Sicily | Lentini | Lintini, Leontinoi, Leontini and Leontium |
| Lepreum | Elis, Greece | abandoned | Lepreon, Lepreus |
| Lindus | Rhodes | Lindos | |
| Lissus | northwest Albania | Lezhë | Lezha, Lyssòs (Λυσσος), Alessio, Leş, Lissos |
| Epizephyrian Locris | Calabria, southern Italy | destroyed | Locri |
M
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Magnesia on the Maeander | Ionia, western Turkey, on the Maeander river | abandoned | Magnesia ad Maeandrum |
| Magnesia ad Sipylum | Lydia, western Turkey | Manisa | Magnesia on the Sipylum |
| Mallia | Crete, Greece | ||
| Mantineia | Arcadia, Greece | abandoned | Mantinea, Antigonia (Αντιγόνεια) |
| Marathon | Attica, Greece | Marathónas (Μαραθώνας), Marathōn (Μαραθών) | |
| Massalia | southern France | Marseilles | Massilia |
| Megalopolis | Arcadia, Greece | Sinanou (Σινάνο) | |
| Megara | Attica, Greece | ||
| Megara Hyblaea | near Augusta, eastern Sicily | destroyed | |
| Mesembria | Black Sea coast of Bulgaria | Nesebar | Menebria, Mesimvria (Μεσήμβρια), Mesimvria |
| Messene | southern Greece | ||
| Metapontum | Lucania, southern Italy | abandoned | Metapontium (Μεταπόντιον) |
| Methone | Messenia, southern Greece | Mothoni (Μοθώνη), Modon | |
| Methymna | Lesbos, in the Aegean Sea | Mithymna (Μήθυμνα), Molyvos, Molivos | |
| Miletus | western Turkey | abandoned | Milētos (Μίλητος) |
| Mochlos | Crete, Greece | ||
| Monastiraki | Crete, Greece | Minoan city | |
| Morgantina | central Sicily | abandoned | Murgantia, Morgantium, Μοργάντιον, Μοργαντίνη, Murgentia, Morgentia |
| Mylasa | Caria, south-western Turkey | Milas | |
| Myndus | Caria, western Turkey | Gümüşlük | Myndos (Μύνδος) |
| Myonia | Phocis, Greece | Agia Efthymia | Myania, Mynia |
| Myra | Lycia, Turkey | Demre | Kale |
| Myrmekion | Crimea, Ukraine | abandoned | Myrmēkion (Μυρμηκιων, Мирмекий) |
| Mytilene | Lesbos, in the Aegean Sea | ||
N
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Naucratis | Nile Delta, Egypt | Naukratis (Ναύκρατις) | |
| Naupactus | Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece | Nafpaktos (Ναύπακτος, Έπαχτος), Naupactos, İnebahtı, Lepanto | |
| Naxos | Crete | abandoned | |
| Naxos | Sicily | Giardini Naxos | Giaddini |
| Neapoli | northern Greece | Kavala | Christoupolis, Morunets |
| Neapolis | Pallene, Chalcidice, Greece | Polychrono | Polyhrono, Polichrono, Polihrono (Πολύχρονο), Polyhronon, Polihronon |
| Neapolis | Sardinia, Italy | abandoned | Nabui |
| Neapolis | Apulia, Italy | Polignano a Mare | |
| Neapolis | Campania, Italy | Naples | Napoli, Napule |
| Nicaea | Bithynia, north-western Turkey | Iznik | Ancore, Helicore, Antigoneia (Αντιγόνεια), Nikaia, Nicæa |
| Nicaea | southern France | Nice | Niça, Nissa, Nizza, Nizza Marittima |
| Nicopolis | Epirus, Greece | abandoned | Actia Nicopolis, Palaia Preveza |
| Nirou Chani | Crete, Greece | Minoan city | |
| Nymphaion | Crimea, Ukraine | Nymphaeum | |
| Nysa | western Turkey | abandoned | |
O
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Oenoe (Οινόη) | northern Turkey | Ünye | Oene |
| Oenoe | Argolis, Greece | Oene | |
| Oenoe | Attica, Greece | Oene | |
| Oenus | Laconia, Greece | ||
| Odessos | coastal Ukraine | Odessa | Khadjibey, Khadjibei, Khacdjibei, Hacıbey, Hocabey, Gadzhibei, Chadžibėjus, Hacıbey |
| Odessos | coastal Bulgaria | Varna | |
| Olbia | Sardinia | Civita, Terranova Pausania | |
| Olbia | Ukrainian Black Sea coast | abandoned | Pontic Olbia, Olvia |
| Olous | near Elounda, Crete | drowned | Olus (Ὄλους, Ὄλουλις) |
| Olympia | Elis, Greece | abandoned | Olympí'a (Ολυμπία), Olýmpia (Ολύμπια), Olimpia, Olimbia |
| Olynthus | Chalcidice, northern Greece | destroyed | |
| Orchomenus (Boeotia) | Boeotia, Greece | ||
| Oricos | Epirus, near Vlorë, Albania | abandoned | |
| Orestias | Turkish Thrace | abandoned | |
| Oreus | northern Euboea | ||
| Oropus | Attica, Greece | Oropos (Ωρωπός) | |
| Onchesmos | Epirus, southern Albania | Sarandë | Anchiasmos, Άγιοι Σαράντα, Agioi Saranda, Turkish: Aya Sarandi |
P
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Pagasae | Magnesia, central Greece | Platanos, central Greece | |
| Palaikastro | Crete, Greece | Minoan city | |
| Pandosia | Epirus, Greece | abandoned | |
| Pandosia | Bruttium, Italy | abandoned | |
| Pandosia | Lucania, Italy | abandoned | |
| Panticapaeum | Taurica, eastern Crimea, Ukraine | Kerch | Παντικάπαιον |
| Paphos | Cyprus | ||
| Paros | Greek island in Aegean Sea | ||
| Patrae | Achaea, Greece | Patrai | Pátra (Πάτρα) Patrae |
| Pavlopetri | Laconia, Greece | submerged | |
| Pelion (Chaonia) | Chaonia, Epirus | ? | Pelion Pellion Pelium (Πέλλιον) |
| Peiraieús | Attica, Greece | Piraeus | Peiraiás, Peiraieús (Πειραιεύς) |
| Pella | Macedon, Greece | abandoned | |
| Pergamum | Mysia, Turkey | Bergama | Pergamon (Πέργαμος) |
| Petsofa | Crete, Greece | Minoan city | |
| Phaistos | Crete, Greece | ||
| Phálēron | Attica, Greece | Palaio Faliro | Phaleron, Phalerum |
| Phanagoria | Cimmerian Bosporus, Ukraine | abandoned | Matrega |
| Pharae | |||
| Pharnacia | northern Turkey | Giresun | |
| Pharos | Croatian island | Hvar | Hvor, For, Pharina, Lesina |
| Phaselis | Lycia, Turkey | abandoned | |
| Philippi | near Kavala, Greece | ||
| Pithecussae | island in Tyrrhenian sea, Italy | Ischia | |
| Philippopolis | southern Bulgaria | Plovdiv | Pulpudeva(reconstructed Thracian,uncertain), Eumolpias, Philippoupoli, Philippoupolis (Φιλιππούπολη, Φιλιππούπολις), Trimontium, Paldin (Пълдин). Plavdiv (Плъвдив), Filibe |
| Platanos | Crete, Greece | Minoan city | |
| Phlius | Argolid, Greece | abandoned | |
| Pherae | Thessaly, Greece | abandoned | |
| Phocaea | western Turkey | Foça | Phokaia (Φώκαια) |
| Pinara | Lycia, Turkey | abandoned | Pilleñni (τὰ Πίναρα) |
| Pisa | Elis, Greece | ||
| Pitiunt | Abkhazia, Black Sea coast | Pitsunda | Bichvinta, Pezonda |
| Pixous | Campania, Italy | Policastro Bussentino | Pixunte |
| Plataea | Boeotia, Greece | destroyed | Plataeae |
| Poseidonia | Campania, Italy | Paestum | Paestum |
| Potidaea | Chalcidice, Greece | destroyed | Potidaia (Ποτίδαια), Potidea |
| Priene | Ionia, western Turkey | abandoned | |
| Prousa | north-western Turkey | Bursa | Prussa (Προύσα), Brusa |
| Pseira | Crete, Greece | Minoan city | |
| Psychro | Crete, Greece | Minoan city | |
| Pteleum | Thessaly, Greece | destroyed | |
| Pydna | Macedon | location disputed | Púdna (Πύδνα), Pidna was a Greek city in ancient Macedon |
| Pylos | western Peloponnese, Greece | Pílos (Πύλος), Navarino, Avarino (Αβαρίνος), Zonklon, Anavarin, Neokastron, Avarmus, Abarinus, Albarinos, Albaxinus, Avarinos, Coryphasium, Iverin, Nelea, Port de Jonc, Porto Giunco, Zunchio. | |
| Pyrgos | Black Sea coast of Bulgaria | Burgas | |
| Pyrgos | Northern Crete, Greece | Minoan city | |
R
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Rhamnus | northern Attica, Greece | abandoned | Rhamnous |
| Rhegion (Ρήγιoν) | "toe of Italy", Calabria, southern Italy | Reggio Calabria | Erythrà (Ερυθρά), Rhegium Julium |
| Rhithymna | Northern Crete, Greece | Rethymno | |
| Rhodes | Rhodes, Greece | Ródos (Ρόδος), | |
| Rhypes, (Ῥύπες) | Achaia, Greece | destroyed | |
| Rizinia | Crete | abandoned | Prinias, Rize, Rhizenia |
S
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as | |
| Salamis | Cyprus | abandoned | ||
| Same (Σάμη) | island in the Ionian Sea, Greece | |||
| Samos | in the island with the same name, Greece | |||
| Selinus | south-west coast of Sicily, Italy | abandoned-Marinella di Selinunte | Selinunte | |
| Seleucia Pieria (Σελεύκεια Πιερία) | south-eastern Turkey | Çevlik[1] | Seleukia Pieria, Seleukia | |
| Semasus | Paphlagonia, northern Turkey | Amasra | Cromna, Amastris | |
| Sestos | Thracian Chersonese, Turkey | Sestus | ||
| Scidrus (Σκίδρος) | Lucania, Italy | location uncertain | ||
| Sicyon (Σικυών) | northern Peloponnese, Greece | abandoned | ||
| Side | Pamphylia, Turkey | abandoned | Eski Adalia, Old Antalya | |
| Sidon | Lebanon | Sidon | Σιδών, Sidon, Saïda | |
| Siteia | Crete, Greece | |||
| Sinope (Σινώπη) | Paphlagonia, northern Turkey | Sinop | ||
| Sklavokampos | Crete, Greece | |||
| Smyrna | near Izmir, western Turkey | abandoned | Old Smyrna | |
| Soli | Cyprus | abandoned | Soloi | |
| Sozopolis | Pisidia, Turkey | abandoned | Apollonia | |
| Sparta | southern part of the Peloponnese, Greece | Sparti | Lakedaimon (Λακεδαίμων), Lakedaimonia (Λακεδαιμωνία), Σπάρτα, Σπάρτη, Spartē. | |
| Stagirus | Chalcidice, Greece | abandoned | Stageira (Στάγειρα), Stagira (Στάγιρα), Stagiros (Στάγιρος), Stageiros (Στάγειρος) | |
| Stymphalos | Corinthia, Greece | Stymfalia | ||
| Sybaris | near Sibari, Gulf of Taranto, Italy | destroyed | ||
| Syracuse | east-coast of Sicily, Italy | Syracuse | Siracusai, Aretusa. | |
T
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Taras (Τάρᾱς) | southern Italy | Taranto | Tarentum, Tarantas (Τάραντας) |
| Tanagra | Boeotia, Greece | Graea, Poimandria | |
| Tanais | north-eastern Sea of Azov, Russia | abandoned | Tánaïs (Τάναϊς) |
| Tauromenion (Ταυρομένιον) | east coast of Sicily | Taormina | Taurmina, Tauromenium |
| Tegea | Arcadia, Greece | Alea | |
| Tenedos | Turkish island in northern Aegean Sea | Bozcaada | Bozca ada, Tenedhos (Τένεδος) |
| Tenea | Corinthia, Peloponnese | Municipal unit of Tenea | |
| Teos (Τέως) | Ionia, western Turkey | abandoned | Teo |
| Thassos, Θάσος | Macedonia (Greece)-Thrace, Greece | Thassos, Greece | Limenas, Λιμένας |
| Thebes | Boeotia,Greece | Thēbai (Θῆβαι), Thiva (Θήβα) | |
| Theodosia (Θεοδοσία) | Crimea, Ukraine | Feodosiya (Феодосія, Феодосия) | Kefe, Feodosia |
| Therma | Mygdonia, Greece | Therme (Θέρμα, Θέρμη) | |
| Thespiae | Boeotia, Greece | abandoned | Thespiai (Θεσπιαι) |
| Thronion | Epirus, Greece | abandoned | Thronium |
| Thoricus | southern Attica, Greece | abandoned | Thorico |
| Thurii (Θούριοι) | Magna Graecia, southern Italy | abandoned | Thurium (Θούριον), Copia, Copiae, Turios, Thurio Magna Graecia |
| Thyreum | |||
| Thyria | |||
| Tomis | Black Sea coast of Romania | Constanţa | Konstantia, Köstence |
| Tragurion | Vis, Croatia | Trogir | Traù, Tragurium, Trau |
| Trapeze | Crete, Greece | ||
| Trapezus, Arcadia | Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey | Trabzon | Trapezounta (Τραπεζούντα) |
| Tripolis (Τρίπολις) | Lebanon | Tripoli | |
| Tripolis (Τρίπολις) | Libya | Tripolis | |
| Tripolis (Τρίπολις) | Pontus, north-eastern Turkey | Tirebolu | Ischopolis |
| Tripolis (Τρίπολις) | Thessaly, Greece | Tripolis Larisaia | |
| Tripolis (Τρίπολις) | Phrygia | abandoned | Neapolis, Apollonia, Antoninopolis |
| Troezen (Τροιζήν) | northeastern Peloponnese, Greece | Troizina, Trizina | |
| Troy | Dardanelles, north-eastern Turkey | Truva | Troia (Τροία), Ilion (Ἴλιον), Īlium, Wilusa, Truwisa, Hisarlık |
| Tylissos | Crete, Greece | ||
| Tyras | Ukrainian Black Sea coast | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi[2] | |
| Tyros | Lebanon | Tyre | Τύρος, Tyre, Sur |
| Tyritake (Τυριτάκη) | Crimea, Cimmerian Bosporus | abandoned | |
V
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Vasiliki | Minoan city in Crete, Greece | ||
| Vathypetros | Minoan city in Crete, Greece | ||
Z
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Zakynthos | Zante | ||
| Zakros | Crete, Greece | Minoan city | Zakro |
| Zancle | Strait of Messina, Sicily, Italy | Messina | Messene, Messana |
See also
- Adjectival and demonymic forms of regions in Greco-Roman antiquity
- List of cities in ancient Epirus
- Greek cities in Thrace & Dacia
- Greek cities in Illyria
- Towns of ancient Greece
References
- ↑ Seleucia in Pieria, Ancient Warfare Magazine
- ↑ Kaba, John (1919). Politico-economic Review of Basarabia. United States: American Relief Administration. p. 15.
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