List of ancient Greek cities
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. Also included are some cities that were not Greek-speaking or Hellenic, but contributed to the Hellenic culture of the region.
A
Ancient name
Location
Modern name
Also known as
Abdera
Thrace (near Xanthi ), Greece
Avdira
Abila
13 km north-northeast of Irbid , Jordan
Harta or Hartha
Abila Dekapoleos, Abila (Greek: Ἄβιλα), Seleucia (Greek: Σελεύκεια), Seleuceia, Seleukeia, Seleukheia, Ancient Raphana
Abydos
North of Çanakkale , East Bank of Hellespont
Nağara, pronounced Nara
Abydus
Acanthus
Athos
Ierissos
Erisso
Acharnae
near Acharnes and Ano Liosia , about 10 km north of Athens
Acharnes
Menidi
Actium
mouth of the Ambracian Gulf
Punta, abandoned
Adramyttium
Edremit (Town), Balıkesir
Edremit (Town)
Adramyttion, Adramytteion, Atramyttion
Aegae
Central Macedonia , near modern Vergina , Greece
abandoned
Aigai
Aegina
island in the Saronic Gulf , 27 km (17 mi) from Athens
Aegina
Aegium
Achaea , Greece
Aigio (Αίγιο)
Egio, Egion
Aenea
Chalcidice , northern Greece
abandoned
Ainea
Aenus
Turkish Thrace
Enez
Poltyobria, Poltymbria
Agrinion
Aetolia-Acarnania , 3 km south-west of modern Agrinio
abandoned
Agrinium
Aigosthena
Attica
abandoned
Egosthena
Akragas (Akragasta)
Sicily (Italio)
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 (Ακρωτήρι)
Thera /Santorini , Greece
Akrotiri
Alalcomenae
Ithaca
abandoned
Alalia
Corsica
Aléria
Aleria, Alaliē (Ἀλαλίη)
Alexándreia (Ἀλεξάνδρεια)
northern Egypt
Alexandria
al-Iskandariyya, Rakotə, Eskendereyya (اسكندريه)
Alexandretta
southern Turkey
İskenderun
al-'İskandarūn (الإسكندرون)
Alexandria Arachosia
southern Afghanistan
Qandahar
Alexandria Ariana
western Afghanistan
Herat
Alexandria Asiana
Iran
Alexandria Bucephalous
Pakistan
Jhelum , or more likely Phalia
Alexandria in 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
Amarynthos
Vathia (Médiéval name)
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
Phocis , Greece
Amphicaea
Boeotia , Greece
Amfikleia
Amphicleia
Amphigeneia
Peloponnese , southern Greece
abandoned
Amphipolis
Central Macedonia , Greece
Amfipoli
Amphissa
Phocis , Greece
Amfissa
Salona
Ankon (Ἀγκών)
Adriatic coast of central Italy
Ancona
Antigonea
Chaonia , southern Albania
abandoned
Antipatrea
Illyria , 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
Illyria , southernAlbania
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 Knossos
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
Apsaros
Autonomous Republic of Adjara , Georgia
Gonio
Apsyrtos (Ἄψυρτος)
Argos
Peloponnese , Greece
Arsuf
15 km north of Tel al-Rabeea , Palestine
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 , southern Greece
Athenai, Athena (Αθήνα)
Athmonia
11 km (7 mi) north of Athens , Greece
abandoned
Aulon
Illyria , southern Albania
Vlore
Aulona, Vlona, Valona
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
Byzantium
Bosphorus Strait , western Turkey
Istanbul
Constantinople, Byzantion
Bithynium
western Turkey
Bolu
Vithinion (Βιθύνιον), Bithynium, Claudiopolis
C
Ancient name
Location
Modern name
Also known as
Callipolis
Canakkale , Hellespont
Gelibolu
Kallipolis, Gallipoli
Calydon
Aetolia , Greece
Caphyae
Arkadia , Greece
Chotoussa el:Χωτούσσα Αρκαδίας
Kaphyai
Carystus
near modern Karystos , Euboea , Greece
Cassandreia
Central Macedonia , Greece
Kassandreia
Cebrene
Troad region of Turkey
Kebrene, Kevrin, Alexandria (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια), Antiochia in Troad (Greek: Αντιόχεια της Τρωάδας)
Celenderis
Ancient Cilicia
Aydıncık
Kalenderis, Kelenderis
Chalcedon
opposite Byzantium , south of Scutari (modern Üsküdar )
Kadıköy
Chalkedon, Calchedon (Καλχήδων)
Chalcis
Euboea , Greece
Chalkida, Halkida, Halkis, Chalkis
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]
Chersonesos
near Sevastopol , Crimea
Korsun, Khersones, Chersonese, Chersonesos, Cherson
Chimaira
Chaonia , southern Albania
Himara , Himare
Cheimara, Cheimaera, Chimaera
Chios
in the island with the same name, Greece
Chytri
Cyprus
Kythrea
Chytroi (Χύτροι)
Clazomenae
near İzmir , in Turkey
Kilizman
Clazomenae (Κλαζομεναί)
Cleonae
Argolis , Greece
Archaies Kleones
Kontostavlos
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
Kirkuk Gοvernorate , Mesopotamia (modern Iraq )
Kirkuk
Kórkura, Kirkoúk
Corinth
Corinthia
Corinth
Croton
Calabria , southern Italy
Crotone
Crotona, Cotrone
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 , northern Greece
abandoned
Dimitrias
Dicaea
Chalcidice , northern Greece
abandoned
Dicaea
Thrace
abandoned
Dicaearchia
Campania , Italy
Pozzuoli
Pezzulo, Puteoli, Pozzuoli
Didyma
western Turkey
Didim
Dion
Mount Olympus , Pieria , northern Greece
Dio (Δίο)
Dium
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
Eretria
Nea Psara (1823-1960)
Erythrae
Ionia , western Turkey
Ildiri
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
Gaza Strip , Palestine
Gaza
Gela
southern Sicily , Italy
Gela
Terranova di Sicilia
Golgi [el ]
Cyprus
Athienou
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)
Halieis
Porto Heli , Argolis
abandoned
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
Dalmatian Coast, Hvar
Hvar
Heraclea, Heracleia, Heraclia
Heraclea by Latmus
near Lake Bafa , Muğla Province , Turkey
Kapıkırı
Latmus, Λάτμος
Heraclea Cybistra
near Ereğli , Turkey
abandoned
Heraclea Lyncestis
Pelagonia , near modern Bitola , North Macedonia
abandoned
Herakleia Lynkestis
Heraclea Minoa
near Montallegro , south coast of Sicily
abandoned
Hêrakleia Minôia, Rhachlôtês, Heracliensis
Heraclea Pontica
Bithynia , Turkey
Karadeniz Ereğli
Heraclea Sintica
Rupite , Bulgaria
abandoned
Heraclea Trachis
Central Greece , 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)
Hubla Minor
Sicily, Italy
abandoned
Hubla Gereatis
southern slope of Mount Etna , Sicily
abandoned
Hubla 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)
Issa
Vis , Croatia
Vis
Vis, Lissa, Issa (Ἴσσα)
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
Kaiete
Campania , Italy
Gaeta
Caiete, Caieta, Kaieta
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 (Buscemi )
Casmenae, Casmene, Kasmenai, Kasmene, Κασμέναι (Kasménai ), Κασμένη (Kasménē )
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
Klazomenai
Ionia , Western Turkey
Urla
Clazomenae
Knidos
Caria
Knossos
Crete
abandoned
Knossus, Cnossus (Κνωσός)
Kommos
Crete , Greece
Kommos is the modern name; ancient name unknown
Komos, Komo
Korinthos
Korinthia , Greece
Archea Korinthos
Kos
island of the Dodecanese , off Bodrum
Cos (Κως), İstanköy, Coo, Stanchio
Kourion
Cyprus
Curium, Curias (Κούριον)
Kúmē
Campania , Italy
abandoned
Kydonia
Crete , Greece
Chania
Cydonia
Kynos
Boeotia , Greece
Livanates
Cynus, Kunos
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
Larissa
Troad , Turkey
abandoned
Lato
Crete , Greece
Laüs
Lucania , southern Italy
abandoned
Laus, Laos (Λᾶος)
Lebena
Crete, Greece
Lefkada
island in the Ionian Sea
Lekhaion
Corinthia , Greece
Leibethra
Central Macedonia , near modern Skotina , Greece
Leontinoi
southeastern Sicily
Lentini
Lintini, Leontinoi, Leontini and Leontium
Lepreum
Elis , Greece
abandoned
Lepreon, Lepreus
Lessa
Epidauria, Greece
abandoned
Lilaea
Boeotia , Greece
Lilaea
Lindus
Rhodes
Lindos
Lissus
Crete , Greece
abandoned
Lychnidos
Southwestern Region , North Macedonia
Ohrid
Epizephyrian Locris
Calabria , southern Italy
destroyed
Locri
M
Ancient name
Location
Modern name
Also known as
Madytos
Eceabat (Town)
abandoned
Maitos, Madyta,
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
Malia
Crete, Greece
Mantineia
Arcadia , Greece
abandoned
Mantinea, Antigonia (Αντιγόνεια)
Marathon
Attica , Greece
Marathónas (Μαραθώνας), Marathōn (Μαραθών)
Marmara
Balıkesir , Western Turkey
Marmara
Maroneia
Maroneia, Eastern Thrace
Maroneia
Maronya
Masis
Epidauria , Greece
Kranidi
Massalia
southern France
Marseille
Massilia
Megalopolis
Arcadia , Greece
Sinanou (Σινάνο)
Megara
Attica , Greece
Megara Hublaea
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)
Methana
Epidauria , Greece
Vathy
Methone
Central Macedonia , Greece
abandoned
Methone
Messenia , southern Greece
Mothoni (Μοθώνη), Modon
Methumna
Lesbos , in the Aegean Sea
Mithymna (Μήθυμνα), Molyvos, Molivos
Miletos
Aydin, Turkey, Balat
abandoned
Milētos, Millawanda, Milawata, Miletus, Milet
Misenum
Campania, Italy
Miseno
Mochlos
Crete, Greece
Monastiraki
Crete, Greece
abandoned
Morgantina
central Sicily
abandoned
Murgantia, Morgantium, Μοργάντιον, Μοργαντίνη, Murgentia, Morgentia
Mulai
Sicily, Italy
Milazzo
Mukenai
north-eastern Argolis , near Mykines
abandoned
Mykēnē, Mykēnai
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)
Mutilene
Lesbos , in the Aegean Sea
Myos
Ionia, Anatolia
abandoned
N
Ancient name
Location
Modern name
Also known as
Nauplíos
Nafplio, Argolis
Nafpion
Nafpio, Nauplia, Navplion, Naupliē, Nauplia, Náfplion, Anáplion, Anáplia, Napoli di Romania, Mora Yenişehir, Anabolı, Yeni şehir, Náfplion
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
Apulia , Italy
Polignano a Mare
Neapolis
Campania , Italy
Naples
Napoli, Napule
Nemea
Archaia Nemea , Argolis
abandoned
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 Hani
Crete, Greece
Minoan city
Nymphaion
Crimea , Ukraine
Nymphaeum
Nymphaion
Illyria, Albania
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
Odesa
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
Opus
Boeotia , Greece
Atalanti
Opous
Orchomenus
Arcadia , Greece
Orchomenos near Levidi
Kalpaki (Médiéval name)
Orchomenus
Boeotia , Greece
Oricos
Illyria /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
Pactye
Thracian Chersonesos , Turkey
abandoned
Pagasae
Magnesia , central Greece
Platanos , central Greece
Palaikastro
Crete, Greece
Minoan city
Pandosia
Epirus , Greece
abandoned
Pandosia
Bruttium , Italy
castellibero
castrofranco
Pandosia
Lucania , Italy
abandoned
Panticapaeum
Taurica , eastern Crimea , Ukraine
Kerch
Παντικάπαιον
Paphos
Cyprus
Parium
Mysia , Hellespont
Kemer (Town)
Parion, Adrasteia , Adrastea
Paros
Greek island in Aegean Sea
Paros
Plateia, Pactia, Demetrias, Strongyli, Hyria, Hyleessa, Minoa, Cabarnis
Parthenope
Port of Neapolis , Campania
Naples
Patrae
Achaea , Greece
Patrai
Pátra (Πάτρα) Patrae
Pavlopetri
Laconia , Greece
submerged
Pegai
Megaris , Greece
abandoned
Peiraieús
Attica , Greece
Piraeus
Peiraiás, Peiraieús (Πειραιεύς)
Pella
Central Macedonia , Greece
abandoned
Percote
Asian Hellespont , Northeast of Troy
abandoned
Percope
Perga
15 km east of Antalya , Turkey
abandoned
Pergamum
Mysia , Turkey
Bergama
Pergamon (Πέργαμος)
Petsofas
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
Phasis
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti , Georgia
Poti
Philippi
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace , near Kavala , Greece
Filippoi
Pithekussa
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)
Phoenice
Chaonia , southern Albania
Finiq
Pinara
Lycia , Turkey
abandoned
Pilleñni (τὰ Πίναρα)
Pisa
Elis , Greece
Pitane
Çandarlı , Turkey
abandoned
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
Nea Poteidaia
Potidaia (Ποτίδαια), Potidea
Priapus
Canakkale , western Turkey
Karabiga
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
Central Macedonia , Greece
Pydna
Púdna (Πύδνα)
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
Rethymon
Rhode
Catalonia , Spain
Roses, Girona
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
Scyllaeum
Calabria , Italy
Scilla
Scolacium (Σκυλλήτιον)
near Catanzaro , Calabria , Italy
Squillace
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
Eceabat , Turkey , North of Abydos
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
Siris
Central Macedonia , Greece
Serres
Serrai (Katharevousa ), Serras (local dialect, archaic form), Sirra (Roman era and Theopompus ), Serez or Siroz (in Turkish), Ser (in Serbian and Bulgarian), Syar (in Bulgarian)
Sklavokampos
Crete , Greece
Smyrna
near İzmir , 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)
Stratos
Western Greece
Stratos
Stymphalos
Corinthia , Greece
Stymfalia
Sybaris
near Sibari , Gulf of Taranto , Italy
destroyed
Syrakousai
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
Poimandria
Tanais
north-eastern Sea of Azov , Russia
Tánaïs (Τάναϊς)
Tauromenion (Ταυρομένιον)
east coast of Sicily
Taormina
Taurmina, Tauromenium
Tegea
Arcadia , Greece
Alea
Temnos
Aeolis , Turkey
abandoned
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
Termessos (Τερμησσός)
Ionia , western Turkey
abandoned
Termissós
Thapsos
Sicily, Italy
abandoned
Thassos (Θάσος)
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace , Greece
Thassos
Limenas, Λιμένας
Thebes
Boeotia , Greece
Thēbai (Θῆβαι), Thiva (Θήβα)
Theodosia (Θεοδοσία)
Crimea , Ukraine
Feodosiya (Феодосія, Феодосия)
Kefe, Feodosia
Therma
Mygdonia , Central Macedonia , Greece
Thessaloniki
Therme (Θέρμα, Θέρμη)
Thespiae
Boeotia , Greece
abandoned
Thespiai (Θεσπιαι)
Thronium
Illyria /Epirus , near Vlorë , Albania
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
South of İzmir, Turkey
Tire
Tiruns
Argolis , Peloponnese
abandoned
Tithoraea
Boeotia, Greece
Kato Tithorea
Tomis
Black Sea coast of Romania
Constanţa
Konstantia, Köstence
Toróne
Chalcidice , Greece
Toroni
Tragurion
Dalmatian coast , 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
Tripoli
Tripolis (Τρίπολις)
Pontus , north-eastern Turkey
Tirebolu
Ischopolis
Tripolis (Τρίπολις)
Thessaly , Greece
Tripolis Larisaia
Tripolis (Τρίπολις)
Phrygia
abandoned
Neapolis, Apollonia, Antoninopolis
Troizen (Τροιζήν)
northeastern Peloponnese , Greece
abandoned
Troizina, Trizina
Troliton
Sicily, Italy
abandoned
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]
Cetatea Albă
Tyros
Lebanon
Tyre
Τύρος, Tyre, Sur
Tyritake (Τυριτάκη)
Crimea , Cimmerian Bosporus
abandoned
V
Z
See also
References