Listed 100 (total found 199) sub titles with search on: Ancient literary sources for wider area of: "WEST GREECE Region GREECE" .
PISSA (Ancient city) ANCIENT OLYMPIA
"To Pisa Pelops, son of Tantalus, Borne on swift coursers" (Aristophanes, Frogs)
ICHALIA (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
Bacchylides, Odes
PISSA (Ancient city) ANCIENT OLYMPIA
Bacchylides, Odes
ICHALIA (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
Euripides, Heracles
PISSA (Ancient city) ANCIENT OLYMPIA
Euripides, Helen. Also, Iphigenia in Tauris.
CHALKIS (Ancient city) ILIA
So the ship ran on its course and came to Arena and lovely Argyphea and Thryon, the ford of Alpheus, and well placed Aepy and sandy Pylos and the men of Pylos;past Cruni it went and Chalcis and past Dyme and fair Elis, where the Epei rule.
KROUNI (Village) ILIA
So the ship ran on its course and came to Arena and lovely Argyphea and Thryon, the ford of Alpheus, and well placed Aepy and sandy Pylos and the men of Pylos;past Cruni it went and Chalcis and past Dyme and fair Elis, where the Epei rule.
DONOUSSA (Ancient city) ACHAIA
When Peisistratus collected the poems of Homer, which were scattered and handed down by tradition, some in one place and some in another, then either he or one of his colleagues perverted the name through ignorance.
ICHALIA (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
There is also a village Oechalia in the Eretrian territory, the remains of the city which was destroyed by Heracles; it bears the same name as the Trachinian Oechalia and that near Tricce, and the Arcadian Oechalia, which the people of later times called Andania, and that in Aetolia in the neighborhood of the Eurytanians.
KAFKONIS (Ancient city) DYMI
When Antimachus calls Dyme "Cauconian," some interpret "Cauconian" as an epithet derived from the Cauconians, since the Cauconians extended as far as Dyme, as I have already said above, but others as derived from a River Caucon.
STRATOS (Ancient city) ACHAIA
Next comes Dyme, a city without a harbor, the farthest of all towards the west, a fact from which it takes its name. But in earlier times it was called Stratos.
ACHELOOS (River) ETOLOAKARNANIA
One, falling into the sea by the Echinadian islands, flows through Acarnania and Aetolia, and is said by Homer in the Iliad to be the prince of all rivers.
ALIFIRA (Ancient city) ILIA
Aliphera has continued to be regarded as a city from the beginning to the present day.
AMFILOCHIA (Ancient area) ETOLOAKARNANIA
The Amphilochians are Epeirotes
FARES (Ancient city) PATRA
Pharae, a city of the Achaeans, belongs to Patrae, having been given
to it by Augustus. The road from the city of Patrae to Pharae is a hundred and
fifty stades, while Pharae is about seventy stades inland from the coast. Near
to Pharae runs the river Pierus, which in my opinion is the same as the one flowing
past the ruins of Olenus, called by the men of the coast the Peirus. Near the
river is a grove of plane-trees, most of which are hollow through age, and so
huge that they actually feast in the holes, and those who have a mind to do so
sleep there as well... I could not discover whether the founder of Pharae was
Phares, son of Phylodameia, daughter of Danais, or someone else with the same
name.
This extract is from: Pausanias. Description of Greece (ed. W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., & H.A. Ormerod, 1918). Cited Oct 2003 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains comments & interesting hyperlinks.
ILIS (Ancient city) ILIA
Pausanias Description of Elis (6.23.6 - 6.26.3
MOLYKRIA (Ancient city) NAFPAKTOS
All agree that Ctimenus and Antiphus, the sons of Ganyctor, fled from Naupactus to Molycria because of the murder of Hesiod, that here they sinned against Poseidon, and that in Molycria their punishment was inflicted.
THISSOA (Ancient city) ANDRITSENA
There is a place on Mount Lycaeus called Cretea, on the left of the grove of Apollo surnamed Parrhasian. The Arcadians claim that the Crete, where the Cretan story has it that Zeus was reared, was this place and not the island. The nymphs, by whom they say that Zeus was reared, they call Theisoa, Neda and Hagno. After Theisoa was named a city in Parrhasia; Theisoa to-day is a village in the district of Megalopolis. From Neda the river Neda takes its name; from Hagno a spring on Mount Lycaeus, which like the Danube flows with an equal volume of water in winter just as in the season of summer. Should a drought persist for a long time, and the seeds in the earth and the trees wither, then the priest of Lycaean Zeus, after praying towards the water and making the usual sacrifices, lowers an oak branch to the surface of the spring, not letting it sink deep. When the water has been stirred up there rises a vapor, like mist; after a time the mist becomes cloud, gathers to itself other clouds, and makes rain fall on the land of the Arcadians.
ACHAIA (Ancient country) GREECE
A country, named after Aegialeus, son of Inachus.
District of Peloponnese, afterwards called Sicyonia, old name of Achaia.
History of, anciently called Aegialus, boundaries, less devastated by war and pestilence than rest of Greece, Roman governor of, Olenus in.
AKARNANIA (Ancient area) ETOLOAKARNANIA
Colonized by Acarnan and Amphoterus, in N.W. Greece.
AKTION (Ancient port) ETOLOAKARNANIA
Battle of.
ALFIOS (River) ILIA
River, sources and upper course, often vanishes under ground, tributaries, dearest of rivers to Zeus, ashes of victims kneaded with its water, wild olive first grew on its banks, women forbidden to cross it on certain days, loves Arethusa, flows through Adriatic to Ortygia, loves Artemis, images, altars, Leucippus keeps hair long for, Apollo at the, diverted by Herakles into the cattleyard of Augeas.
ALIFIRA (Ancient city) ILIA
Town of Arcadia.
AMFILOCHIA (Ancient area) ETOLOAKARNANIA
A people called after Amphilochus.
ANAKTORION (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
Colony of Corinth.
ANTHIA (Ancient city) ACHAIA
City of Achaia.
ANTIRRION (Ancient city) NAFPAKTOS
Such was his advice, and at the same time he led them on the voyage from Naupactus to Molycrium.
ARGEATHES (Ancient small town) KALAVRYTA
Place in Arcadia.
ARGYRA (Ancient city) RIO
City of Achaia.
ARINI (Ancient city) ILIA
City in Messenia, founded by Aphareus, mentioned by Homer, perhaps identical with Samicum.
AROI (Ancient city) PATRA
Old name of Patrae.
ARPINA (Ancient city) ANCIENT OLYMPIA
City of Elis.
ARVA (Ancient city) RIO
City of Achaia.
BASSAE (Ancient sanctuary) ILIA
Place in territory of Phigalia.
CHELMOS (Mountain) ACHAIA
Mountains in Arcadia.
DONOUSSA (Ancient city) ACHAIA
Town of Achaia.
DREPANO (Village) RIO
Cape in Achaia.
DYMI (Ancient city) PATRA
A town in Achaea, anciently called Palea, annexed by Augustus to Patrae, Aratus defeated by Cleomenes at.
DYSPONTION (Ancient city) PYRGOS
EGES (Ancient city) ACHAIA
City of Achaia.
EGHION (Ancient city) ACHAIA
Its origin, meetings held at Aegium, joined by Sicyon and other Peloponnesian states, directed against Lacedaemon, opposed by Lacedaemonians, causes destruction of Corinth, ruined by its generals, dissolved by Romans but afterwards restored, dedicates statue of Hadrian.
City of Achaia, Achaean diet meets at.
EGIRA (Ancient city) ACHAIA
City of Achaia, called Hyperesia by Homer.
ELIKI (Ancient city) EGIALIA
An Achaean town on the Gulf of Corinth, Ionians besieged in H. by Achaeans, destroyed by earthquake.
EPION (Ancient city) ILIA
A town in the western Peloponnese, founded by the Minyae.
ERINEO (Ancient city) PATRA
Α place in Doris, harbour of E. in Achaia.
ERYMANTHOS (Mountain) ACHAIA
Mount of Arcadia, the boar of, overcome by Herakles, tusks of Erymanthian boar at Cumae, old name of Psophis.
ERYMANTHOS (River) ACHAIA
River of Arcadia, tributary of Alpheus, temple and image of E.
EVINOS (River) ETOLOAKARNANIA
EVRYTIAI (Ancient city) PATRA
City of Achaia.
FIGALIA (Ancient city) ILIA
A city of Arcadia, a seer from it, for a time called Phialia, captured by Lacedaemonians, Lepreus killed at, wizards at.
FOLOE (Mountain) ILIA
Mountain in Arcadia, Herakles entertained by the centaur Pholus at.
FRIZA (Ancient city) SKILOUNTA
City of Elis.
HERAKLIA (Ancient city) ILIA
Elean village.
ICHALIA (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
INIADES (Ancient city) IERA POLIS MESSOLONGIOU
City of Acarnania, captured by Messenians of Naupactus, evacuated by them.
KALYDON (Ancient city) IERA POLIS MESSOLONGIOU
City in Aetolia, Oeneus king of, the Calydonian boar, Herakles woos Deianira at, Tydeus flees from, Alcmaeon goes to, spring Callirhoe at, population transferred by Augustus to Nicopolis, Calydonians worship Artemis above all gods.
KERYNIA (Ancient city) ACHAIA
City of Achaia, receives settlers from Mycenae.
KLITOR (Ancient city) KALAVRYTA
City of Arcadia, founded by Clitor, boundaries of its territory.
KRATHIS (River) ACHAIA
Mountain and river of Arcadia and Achaia.
KYLLINI (Ancient city) ILIA
Port of Elis.
KYNETHA (Ancient city) ACHAIA
City of Arcadia, Cynaethians dedicate image of Zeus at Olympia.
LAMBIA (Mountain) ILIA
Mountain of Arcadia.
LAPITHAS (Mountain) OLYMPIA
Mountain in Arcadia.
LEFKASSION (Ancient small town) KALAVRYTA
Place in Arcadia.
LEPREON (Ancient city) ILIA
A town in Elis, founded by the Minyae, its contingent at Plataea.
LETRINI (Ancient city) PYRGOS
Town of Elis.
LOUSSES (Ancient city) KALAVRYTA
Place in Arcadia.
LYKOUS (Ancient small town) ACHAIA
Place in Arcadia.
LYKOYRIA (Ancient city) KALAVRYTA
Place in Arcadia. It is probable that the ancient Lycuria was towards the norhern slope of the Mount Saitas and not at the same location as the small town Lycuria of today. Wherever it was, its name meant " the place of the wolf" (Ekd. Athinon, Pausaniou Periegissis, vol. 4, p. 250, note 2).
MAKISTOS (Ancient city) ILIA
Town of Triphylia in the west of the Peloponnese, founded by the Minyae, inhabitants revolt against Eleans.
MESSATIS (Ancient city) PATRA
City of Achaia.
MESSOVOA (Ancient city) KALAVRYTA
Place in Arcadia.
NAFPAKTOS (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
City of Ozolian Locrians, origin of the name, ships built by Temenus at, Dorians cross from Naupactus to Peloponnese, Hesiod murdered at, wrested by Athenians from Ozolian Locrians and given to Messenians, used as base of operations against Peloponnese, garrison of, rites of Cabiri imitated at.
NONAKRIS (Ancient city) EGIALIA
City of Arcadia, near the "water of Styx."
OLENOS (Ancient city) PATRA
City of Achaia, sack of, Herakles goes to Dexamenus at.
PALIA (Ancient city) DYMI
A town in Achaea, anciently called Palea.
PANORMOS (Ancient port) RIO
Harbour of Achaea.
PAOS (Ancient city) KALAVRYTA
Hamlet in Arcadia.
PATRAI (Ancient city) ACHAIA
City of Achaia, founded by Patreus, made Roman colony by Augustus, its extension, cities of Locris made dependent on it by Augustus, its women twice as many as its men, Patreans worship Laphria, help Aetolians against Gauls.
PINIOS (River) ILIA
River of Elis, diverted by Herakles into the cattleyard of Augeas.
PIRAI (Ancient city) PATRA
City of Achaia.
PISSA (Ancient city) ANCIENT OLYMPIA
A town in Elis, its distance from Athens, dear to Zeus, founded by Pisus, ruled by Oenomaus, acquired by Pelops, Pelops returns to, spared by Herakles, boundary, territory, bone of Pelops brought from Pisa to Troy, Pantaleon tyrant of, people of Pisa contend with Arcadians and Eleans for presidency of Olympic games, hold Olympic games, at war with Eleans, Pisa destroyed by Eleans, its site occupied by vineyards, statue of Herakles made by Daedalus at.
PLEVRON (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
City in Aetolia, severed from Achaean confederacy.
PSOFIS (Ancient city) ACHAIA
City of Arcadia, its boundaries, the Erymanthian boar at, Alcmaeon at, the sons of Alcmaeon at, Psophidians dedicate image of Zeus and statues of Naxian Leonidas, Lampus, and another at Olympia.
Old name of Psophis.
PYLOS ILIAS (Ancient city) ILIA
City of Elis, founded by Pylas, mentioned by Homer, its people fight Arcadians at Phea and help Eleans against Herakles, Pylos captured and destroyed by Herakles, rebuilt by Eleans, its ruins, Pylians, descendants of Nestor of Pylos, Pisistratus of that family, Caucones called Pylians.
RION (Ancient city) RIO
Cape in Achaia, Dorians cross to, sacrifice to Poseidon at.
RYPES (Ancient city) EGIALIA
City of Achaia, destroyed by Augustus, its ruins.
SAMIKON (Ancient city) ILIA
Place in Elis.
SIRES (Ancient city) KALAVRYTA
Place in Arcadia, boundary between Clitor and Psophis.
SKILLOUS (Ancient city) ILIA
City of Triphylia, revolts against Elis, destroyed by Eleans, given by Lacedaemonians to Xenophon, people of Scillus build temple of Hera at Olympia.
SKOTANI (Ancient city) KALAVRYTA
Place in Arcadia.
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