List of cities in ancient Epirus
This is a list of cities in ancient Epirus. These were Greek poleis, komes or fortresses except for Nicopolis, which was founded by Octavian. Classical Epirus was divided into three regions: Chaonia, Molossia, Thesprotia, each named after the dominant tribe that lived there. A number of ancient settlements in these regions remain unidentified.[1][2]
Cities
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Chaonia
[edit]- Amantia, main settlement of the Amantes
- Antigonia (Chaonia),[3] polis founded by Pyrrhus of Epirus
- Artichia,[4] polis
- Aulon, modern-day Vlorë, first attested in the 2nd century AD
- Baiake[5] pre-Hellenistic polis
- Bouthroton,[6] Chaonian polis
- Cestrine or Cammania,[7] modern-day Filiates
- Chimaera (Chaonia),[1][8] or Chimera (polis) Chaonian polis, modern-day Himara
- Hekatompedon,[1] pre-Hellenistic polis
- Olympe,[9] polis in the region of the Amantes
- Onchesmos,[10] pre-Hellenistic polis, modern-day Saranda
- Orikos, founded by Euboeans[11] Euboeans colony
- Panormos (Epirus) or Panormus (Epirus),[12] pre-Hellenistic polis
- Phanoteia,[13] polis
- Phoenice,[14] chief polis of the Chaonians, modern-day Finiq
- Photike,[1] pre-Hellenistic polis, modern-day Paramythia
- Thronion,[15] colony of the Euboeans - Locrians
Molossia
[edit]- Dodona,[16][17] sanctuary, the second most important oracle in ancient Greece after Delphi
- Eurymenai (Epirus),[18] polis
- Orraon,[19] founded 385 BC polis
- Passaron,[20] polis
Thesprotia
[edit]- Bouneima[21] pre Hellenistic
- Korkyra (polis)[22] polis
- Tekmona or Tekmon[18] polis
- Charadros (Epirus)[21] pre Hellenistic
- Chyton founded[23] by Ionians from Klazomenai
- Zmaratha[24] polis
- Gitanae[25] polis
- Elateia (Epirus) founded by Elisians[26] polis
- Batiai founded by Elisians[26] polis
- Thesprotia (polis)[1] pre Hellenistic
- Trampya[1] pre Hellenistic
- Helikranon[1] pre Hellenistic
- Ilium (Epirus)[1] pre Hellenistic
- Elina (Epirus)[1] pre Hellenistic
- Elaias Limen[1] pre Hellenistic
- Sybota[1] pre Hellenistic
- Cheimerion[1] pre Hellenistic
- Ephyra (Epirus) or Kichyros[27] founded by Chaonians in Parthenius's story of Anthippe[28] polis
- Oropos (Epirus)[1] pre Hellenistic
- Toryne[29] or Torone polis
- Pandosia (Epirus)[26] founded by Elisians polis
- Elaea founded by Corinthians[26] polis
- Bucheta founded by Elisians[26] polis
- Cassope[30][31] pre Hellenistic
- Elatria founded by Elisians[32]
- Poionos[13] polis
- Berenike (Epirus)[4] polis
- Kastrosykia[4]
See also
[edit]- List of ancient Epirotes
- List of Ancient Greek tribes
- List of ancient Greek cities
- List of ancient Greeks
- List of cities in ancient Acarnania
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 340
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 353
- ^ The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 7, Part 1: The Hellenistic World by F. W. Walbank, A. E. Astin, M. W. Frederiksen, and R. M. Ogilvie,1984,Index: "... 183 Anticythera instrument, 336-7 Antigone, wife of Pyrrhus, io6, 107 Antigoneia, as new name of Mantinea, 470, 473 Antigoneia (Epirus), y Ab, 452 Antigoneia (Paeonia), y Ba, ..."
- ^ Jump up to: a b c An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 342
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman,ISBN 0-19-814099-1,2004,page 339
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman,ISBN 0-19-814099-1,2004,page 343,"Bouthroton (Bouthrotios)"
- ^ Bell, Robert (1989). Place names in classical mythology. ABC-CLIO. p. 78. ISBN 9780874365078.
- ^ Springs and Wells in Greek and Roman Literature: Their Legends and Locations by James Reuel Smith,2003,ISBN 0-7661-8028-X,page 263
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 347
- ^ Bowden, William. Epirus Vetus: The Archaeology of a Late Antique Province. London: Duckworth, 2003, ISBN 0-7156-3116-0, p. 14. "Anchiasmos (Onchesmos)"
- ^ Robin Lane Fox, Travelling Heroes: Greeks and Their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer (London: Allen Lane, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7139-9980-8), p. 123.
- ^ Epirus: the geography, the ancient remains, the history and topography of Epirus and adjacen areas by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond,1967,page 473
- ^ Jump up to: a b An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 348
- ^ The Hellenistic Age: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles) by Peter Green,2008,page 80,"... to the conference table, and negotiated their own peace at Phoenice in Epirus (205). ..."
- ^ The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation. An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted, 2005, ISBN 0-19-814099-1, p. 322. "...expansion of Apollonia is implied in the dedication at Olympia of spoils from the destruction of the Euboian-Lokrian settlement at Thronion."
- ^ Ambrose (The Early Church Fathers) by Boniface Ramsey,1997,Back Matter: "... the Gauls when they captured Rome in 390 BC. 100 Dodona was a town in ancient Greece that was famous for its temple and ..."
- ^ Potter, John. Archaeologia Graeca or the Antiquities of Greece. Blackie, 1840 (Original from the University of Lausanne), p. 258. "Dodona is by some thought to have been a city of Thessaly; by others it was placed in Epirus; and others, to reconcile these two opinions, will have two Dodonas, one in Thessaly, and another in Epirus. They that place it in Epirus (and that is generally believed to have been the seat of the oracle, whether there was another Dodona in Thessaly or not), are no less divided in their opinions about it; for some of them will have it in Thesprotia, others in Chaonia, or Molossia; but Eustathius has undertaken to decide the controversy, telling us that it did indeed once belong to the Thesprotians, but afterwards fell into the hands of the Molossians; and he is herein confirmed by Strabo."
- ^ Jump up to: a b An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 349
- ^ dans le secteur proche d'Orraon
- ^ Rome's Mediterranean Empire Book 41-45 and the Periochae (Oxford World's Classics) (Books 41-45) by Livy and Jane D. Chaplin,2007,page 195,"... had been made public, Anicius returned to winter quarters at Passaron in Epirus. 27. ..."
- ^ Jump up to: a b An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 339
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 361
- ^ Travels in Northern Greece. In four volumes. Volume 4 by William Martin Leake,ISBN 1-4021-6770-9,page 76,"name was Chyton, which, according to Ephorus, was a colony settled in Epirus"
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 349
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 345
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,Index
- ^ Anthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation : with Additional Translations by Other Scholars and an Appendix on Linear B sources by Thomas G. Palaima by Stephen Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, and Stephen Brunet,2004,page 44: "... the Calydonians against the Thesprotians. After capturing the city of Ephyra, where King Phylas ruled, he slept with the king’s daughter ..."
- ^ Parthenius
- ^ Makers of Rome: Nine Lives (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch and Ian Scott-Kilvert,1965,page 328,"... the Ionian sea and seizing a town in Epirus named Toryne, the name of which means 'ladle'. ..."
- ^ Travels in Northern Greece: Volume 1 by William Martin Leake,2001,page 252,"... marching from Acarnania into Epirus, pitched his camp near the city Cassopia 3. ..."
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 346
- ^ The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 3, Part 3: The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries BC by John Boardman and N. G. L. Hammond,1982,page 337,"... Eleans planted two other colonies in the same part of Epirus, Elatria and Pandosia. Their colonies were in terrain similar to coastal ..."
