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, 17order=flipNaNorder=flip 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 10km (10miles) 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 | 7miles north of Athens, Greece | abandoned | |
Aulon | Illyria, southern Albania | Vlore | Aulona, Vlona, Valona |
Aytos | eastern Bulgaria | Aitos | Aetos, Ajtos, Astos, Idos, Akvilia | |
Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
Callipolis | Canakkale, Hellespont | Gelibolu | Kallipolis, Gallipoli |
Calydon | Aetolia, Greece | | |
Caphyae | Arkadia, Greece | | 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 civilization|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 | | | |
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 |
Heraklion | Crete, Greece | Iráklion | |
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 |
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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 | |
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 | |
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 | | |
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 | Pantikápaion | 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 | | | |
Pharae (Messenia) | | | |
Pharnacia | northern Turkey | Giresun | |
Pharos | Croatian island | Hvar | Hvor, For, Pharina, Lesina |
Phaselis | Lycia, Turkey | abandoned | |
Phasis | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia | Poti | |
| 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 | |
Pherae (Aetolia) | | | |
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 | | |
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. | |
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 | | |