User:MinisterForBadTimes/Drafts - List of Greek City-states
The Peloponessus[edit]
Argolis[edit]
Ancient name | Modern name | Mother city | Tribe | Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argos | Argos | n/a | Dorian | TI[1] | A[1]; Mother-city of Halicarnassus. |
Mycenae | n/a | n/a | Dorian | TI[1] | A[1] |
Tiryns | n/a | n/a | Dorian | TI[1] | A[1]; abandoned by 2nd C. AD |
Thyrea | n/a | n/a | Dorian? | TI[1] | A[1] |
Epidaurus | n/a | n/a | Dorian[2] | TI[1] | A[1]; Mother-city of Aegina. |
Troezen | Trizina | n/a | Dorian[2] | TI[1] | A[1]; Mother-city of Halicarnassus |
Ermioni | Ermioni | n/a | Dryopian[2] | TI[1] | A[1] |
Methana | Methana | n/a | Dorian? | TI | |
Cleonae | n/a | n/a | Dorian? | TI[1] | A[1] |
Nemea | n/a | n/a | Dorian? | TI | |
Notes: A = Originally an Achaean settlement (according to Homer's Illiad[1]), during the Mycenean period. |
Corinthia[edit]
Ancient name | Modern name | Mother city | Tribe | Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corinth | Corinth | n/a | Dorian[3] | TI[1] | |
Sicyon | n/a | n/a | Dorian[4] | TI[1] | Originally an Ionian(?) settlement during the Mycenean period; retained partial Ionian identity. |
Phlius | n/a | Argos[5] | Dorian[6] | TI |
Achaea[edit]
Ancient name | Modern name | Mother city | Tribe | Founded | Notes |
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Pellene | n/a | n/a | TI[1] | ||
Patrae | Patras | n/a | TI | ||
Dyme | n/a | n/a | TI |
Arcadia[edit]
Elis[edit]
- Elis
- Olympia
- Pheia
- Lepreus
Laconia[edit]
- Sparta
Messenia[edit]
- Ithome [7]
- Pylos (Homer) [8]
- Mothone [9]
- Messene (369 BC) [10]
- Cyparissia
- Asine (after 740 BC)
- Corone (Aepea?) Homer
'Mainland' Greece[edit]
Attica & Aegina[edit]
Ancient name | Modern name | Mother city | Tribe | Founded | Notes |
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Athens | Athens | n/a | Ionian[11] | TI | |
Megara | Megara | n/a | Dorian | TI | Mother city of Byzantium, Megara Hyblaea, Chalcedon, Heraclea Pontica |
Aegina | Aegina | Epidaurus[12] | Dorian[12] | TI |
Boeotia[edit]
- Thebes
- Plataea
- Thespiae
- Thisbae
- Tanagra [13]
Euboea[edit]
Phocis[edit]
Aeolia[edit]
Arcarnania[edit]
Cycladic Islands[edit]
- Naxos (Athens)
- Paros
- Delos
- Andros
- Tenos
Dodecanese Islands[edit]
Aegean Islands[edit]
Ionian Islands[edit]
- Zakynthos
- Ithaca
Crete[edit]
Cyprus[edit]
Thracia[edit]
Asia Minor (Aegean coast)[edit]
Ionia[edit]
Asia Minor (Black Sea coast)[edit]
Crimea[edit]
- Chersonesos (Heraclea Pontica)
- Theodosia/Feodosiya (Miletus)
- Tanais (Miletus)
- Phanagoria (Teos)
- Hermonassa/Tmutarakan
- Panticapaeum/Kirch (Miletus)
- Nymphaion
- Gorgippia (Pontic greeks)
- Kerkinitis/Yevpatoria
- Kimmerikon (Miletus)
- Pontic Olbia
- Tyras (Miletus)
North Africa[edit]
- Naucratis
- Cyrene (Thera)(630BC)
- Apollonia, Cyrenaica
- Taucheira (Cyrene)
- Euespirides/Benghazi
- Barca
Southern Italy[edit]
- Rhegion
- Epizephyrian Locris/Locri (Opuntina/Ozalean Locris)
- Caulonia (Acheans)
- Medma (Epizephyrian Locrians)
- Crotone
- Hipponium (Epizephyrian Locrians)
- Sybaris
- Metapontium
- Thurii (Sybaris/Athens)
- Siris (Colophon)
- Taras (Taranto)
- Callipolis
- Laus (Sybaris)
- Elea (Phocaea)
- Poseidonia/Paestum (Sybaris)
- Neapolis
- Pithecusae (Eretria/Chalcis)
- Dicaearchia/Pozzuoli
- Cumae (Eretria/Chalcis/Cumae)
Sicily[edit]
- Messana/Messina)
- Himera
- Syracuse
- Selinunte
- Acragas/Agrigento
- Gela (Rhodes/Crete)
- Camarina (Syracuse/Gela)
- Lipara
- Naxos (Chalcis)
- Catana/Catania
- Leontini (Naxos (Sicily))
France and Spain[edit]
- Nicaea (Nice)
- Masilia
- Olbia (Hyeres)
- Antipolis (Antibes)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Homer, The Iliad II
- ^ a b c Herodotus VIII, 43
- ^ Herodotus VIII, 45
- ^ Pausanias II, 7
- ^ Pausanias II, 12
- ^ Pausanias II, 13
- ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160;query=chapter%3D%23117;layout=;loc=4.10.1
- ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160;layout=;query=chapter%3D%23126;loc=4.17.1
- ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160;layout=;query=chapter%3D%23126;loc=4.17.1
- ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160&layout=&loc=4.1
- ^ Herodotus VIII, 44
- ^ a b Herodotus VIII, 46
- ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160;query=chapter%3D%23298;layout=;loc=9.19.1