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This is a list of Greek place names as they exist in the Greek language . Places involved in the history of Greek culture, including: Historic Greek regions, including: Ancient Greece, including colonies and contacted peoples. Hellenistic world, including successor states and contacted peoples. Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, including ...
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.
Laistrygon. Home to a tribe of giant cannibals that Odysseus encountered on his way back home from the Trojan War . Meropis. A gigantic island created purely as a parody of Plato 's Atlantis . Mount Olympus. "Olympos" was the name of the home of the Twelve Olympian gods of the ancient Greek world.
The city of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athênai [a.tʰɛ̂ː.nai̯]; Modern Greek: Αθήναι, Athine [a.ˈθi.ne̞] or, more commonly and in singular, Αθήνα, Athina [a.'θi.na]) during the classical period of ancient Greece (480–323 BC) [1] was the major urban centre of the notable polis of the same name, located in Attica ...
Pages in category "Cities in ancient Greece" The following 155 pages are in this category, out of 155 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, romanized: hē Akropolis tōn Athēnōn; Modern Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών, romanized: Akrópoli Athinón) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance ...
Ancient Greek cities in Anatolia (10 C, 10 P) C. Cities in ancient Attica (1 C, 17 P) Cities in ancient Cyprus (1 C, 25 P) Pages in category "Ancient Greek ...
Amphis – Middle Comedy poet. Amynander – king of Athamania. Amyntas of Mieza – somatophylax of Philip III of Macedon. Anacharsis – philosopher. Anacreon – lyric poet 6th century BC. Anaxagoras – philosopher. Anaxander – King of Sparta. Anaxandra – female artist of Sicyon. Anaxandridas I – King of Sparta.