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This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign poleis.Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included here if at any time its population or the dominant stratum within it spoke Greek.
Places of concern to Greek culture, religion or tradition, including: Greek mythology; Greek Jews, including Romaniotes and exiled Sephardim; Greco-Buddhism; Christianity until the Great Schism, and afterwards the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Rite, etc. Greek Muslims, and those outside Greece who are Greek-speaking or ethnic Greek
Greek city-states (17 C, 164 P) Greek colonies (4 C, 3 P) A. ... Pages in category "Ancient Greek cities" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
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A cleruchy (Ancient Greek: κληρουχία) was a colony, typically Athenian, which despite being in a different location from the mother city, did not achieve independence. Instead, it remained part of the mother city's polis, with citizenship being retained by the settlers, and it may have functioned like a kome.
The Modern Greek word πόλη (polē) is a direct descendant of the ancient word and roughly means 'city' or an urban place. However, the Ancient Greek term that specifically meant the totality of urban buildings and spaces was asty ( ἄστυ ), rather than polis.
Ancient Christian saints by city (3 C) A. ... Ancient Greek cities (5 C, 47 P) I. Ancient cities of the Iberian Peninsula (6 C, 4 P) Ancient Indian cities (3 C, 99 P)
The new city was populated by a mix of local settlers that Athenians brought from the nearby city of Antigonia, Macedonians, and Jews (who were given full status from the beginning). According to ancient tradition, Antioch was settled by 5,500 Athenians and Macedonians, together with an unknown number of native Syrians.