User:MinisterForBadTimes/Drafts - List of Greek City-states

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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
Pellene n/a n/a TI[1]
Patrae Patras n/a TI
Dyme n/a n/a TI

Arcadia[edit]

  • Tegea[1]
  • Mantinea[1]
  • Megalopolis
  • Orchomenos[1]
  • Phigalia

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
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]

North Africa[edit]

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]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b c Herodotus VIII, 43
  3. ^ Herodotus VIII, 45
  4. ^ Pausanias II, 7
  5. ^ Pausanias II, 12
  6. ^ Pausanias II, 13
  7. ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160;query=chapter%3D%23117;layout=;loc=4.10.1
  8. ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160;layout=;query=chapter%3D%23126;loc=4.17.1
  9. ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160;layout=;query=chapter%3D%23126;loc=4.17.1
  10. ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160&layout=&loc=4.1
  11. ^ Herodotus VIII, 44
  12. ^ a b Herodotus VIII, 46
  13. ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160;query=chapter%3D%23298;layout=;loc=9.19.1
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:MinisterForBadTimes/Drafts_-_List_of_Greek_City-states&oldid=292881194"