List of ancient Greek cities
Here is a partial list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece. Note that there were a great many Greek cities in the ancient world. These were often referred to as poleis in the ancient world, these were autonomous city-states. Although the list is not limited to poleis but includes also settlements that were not sovereign city-states. By analogy some cities are included that never spoke Greek and were not Hellenic, but contributed to Hellenic culture later found in the region.
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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 | Macedonia, close to modern Vergina, northern Greece | abandoned | Aigai |
| Aegina | island in the Saronic Gulf, Template:Convert from Athens | Aegina | |
| Aegium | Achaea, Greece | Aigio (Αίγιο) | Egio, Egion |
| 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 | Macedonia, northern 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 Template:Convert 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 Cnossus | 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 Aviv, Israel | 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 |
| Athenai | Attica, Greece | Athena (Αθήνα) | |
| Athmonia | Template:Convert 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 |
| Bythinion | 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 | Kaphyai |
| Carystus | near modern Karystos, Euboea, Greece | ||
| 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 (Mesopotamia) | Kirkuk Gοvernorate, Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) | Kirkuk | Kórkura, Kirkoúk |
| 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, eastern Greece | Dislandiousundogira spokes entecia | Dimitrias |
| Dicaearchia | Campania, Italy | Pozzuoli | Pezzulo, Puteoli, Pozzuoli |
| Didyma | western Turkey | Didim | |
| Dion | Mount Olympus, Pieria, northern Greece | Dio (Δίο) | |
| 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 | Palestinian Territories | Gaza | |
| Gela | southern Sicily, Italy | Gela | Terranova di Sicilia |
| Template:Ill | Cyprus | abandoned | 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 | south-western part of North Macedonia | Bitola | 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) |
| 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 | Macedonia, 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 | |
| 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 |
| Mallia | 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 | 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 | Sardinia, Italy | abandoned | Nabui |
| 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 | Odessa | 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) | Arkadia, Greece | Orchomenos near Levidi | Kalpaki (Médiéval name) |
| Orchomenus (Boeotia) | 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 | Macedon, 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 | 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 | destroyed | 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 | Macedon | location disputed | Púdna (Πύδνα), Pidna was a Greek city in ancient Macedon |
| 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 (the Paeonian or the Odomanteian) | Serres, 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 Izmir, 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 | 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 | Macedonia (Greece)-Thrace, Greece | Thassos, Greece | Limenas, Λιμένας |
| Thebai | Boeotia,Greece | Thēbai (Θῆβαι), Thiva (Θήβα) | |
| Theodosia (Θεοδοσία) | Crimea, Ukraine | Feodosiya (Феодосія, Феодосия) | Kefe, Feodosia |
| Therma | Mygdonia, Greece | 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 Izmir, Turkey | Tire | |
| Tiruns | Argolis, Peloponnese | abandoned | |
| Tithoraea | Boeotia, Greece | Kato Tithorea | |
| Tomis | Black Sea coast of Romania | Constanţa | Konstantia, Köstence |
| 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
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Vasiliki | Minoan city in Crete, Greece | ||
| Vathypetros | Minoan city in Crete, Greece |
Z
| Ancient name | Location | Modern name | Also known as |
| Zakynthos | Zante | ||
| Zakros | Crete, Greece | Minoan city | Zakro |
| Zankle | Strait of Messina, Sicily, Italy | Messina | Messene, Messana |