List of ancient place-names and small entries: Phila (city and island), Smila, Pella, various towns in Macedonia, Thrace, Illyria, Italy, Sicily, Libya, Caria, Crete, Arabia, with citations to Herodotus, Hecataeus, Polybius, Dionysius, Xenophon, etc.
ἐκείνων λέγουσαν προστάσσειν τὸν Λάκιον πρὸς ἀνατολὰς ἡλίου πλεῖν. τοῦ δ´ Ἀντιφήμου γελάσαντος τὴν Πυθίαν εἰπεῖν πάλιν »ἐφ´ ἡλίου δυσμῶν« καὶ Γέλαν πόλιν οἰκίσαι. Φίλα πόλις Μακεδονίας, κτίσμα Δημητρίου τοῦ Ἀντιγόνου παιδός, τοῦ Γονατᾶ καλουμένου, ὃς ἀπὸ τῆς τούτου μητρὸς Φίλας ἐπὶ τοῦ Πηνειοῦ ἔκτισε πόλιν Φίλαν. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. Ἡρόδοτος τετάρτῃ (c. 178) »ἐπὶ ποταμὸν τὸν μέγαν, ᾧ ὄνομα Τρίτων ἐστίν, ἐκδιδοῖ δὲ οὗτος ἐς λίμνην μεγάλην Τριτωνίδα. ἐν δὲ αὐτῇ νῆσος ἔνι τῇ οὔνομα Φίλα«. Σμίλα πόλις Θρᾴκης. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ »μετὰ δὲ Σμίλα πόλις«. Πόλα πόλις Ἰλλυρίας. Βῶλα πόλις Ἰταλίας. Νῶλα πόλις Αὐσόνων. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Νώλην δὲ αὐτὴν Πολύβιός φησι. Βάλλα πόλις Μακεδονίας. Τράλλα καὶ Πάλλα Ἀμαζόνες. πάλλα ἡ σφαῖρα. Ἕλλα χωρίον Ἀσίας, Ἀττάλου βασιλέως ἐμπόριον. Πολύβιος ιϛʹ. Πέλλα πόλις Μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλίας, Ἀχαΐας, κοίλης Συρίας ἡ Βοῦτις λεγομένη. ἡ δὲ Μακεδονίας πρότερον ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Βουνόμεια... ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Πέλλα τοῦ κτίσαντος. ἔστι καὶ Πέλλα ὄρος Αἰθιοπίας. βδέλλα. Κίλλα ἡ πόλις. κόλλα. Νέγλα πολίχνιον Ἀραβίας. Γλαῦκος δευτέρῳ Ἀραβικῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. Ἀμφίμαλα πόλις Κρήτης, Ὑλλούαλα δῆμος Καρίας. Ἀπολλώνιος εʹ Καρικῶν »Κᾶρες δὲ τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον, ἔνθα Ὕλλος ἀπώλετο, Ὑλλούαλαν ὠνόμασαν καὶ ἕδος ἐνταῦθα ἐδείμαντο Ἀπόλλωνος. καὶ νῦν ἔτι παρὰ τὸν θεὸν δῆμός ἐστι Ὑλλούαλα λεγόμενος«. ἄλα γὰρ οἱ Κᾶρες τὸν ἵππον ἔλεγον. Σκάβαλα χώρα Ἐρετριέων. Θεόπομπος εἰκοστῷ τετάρτῳ Φιλιππικῶν. Ῥέσαλα πόλις Ὀμβρικῶν. Μίσπιλα πόλις Μήδων. Ξενοφῶν τρίτῳ ἀναβάσεως (c. 4, 10). Ὀκρίκολα πόλις Τυρρηνῶν. Διονύσιος ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. Σατίκολα πόλις Ἰταλίας. Ἀπίολα πόλις Ἰταλίας. Κρόταλλα πόλις Ἰταλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Μάκαλλα πόλις Ἰταλίας. ἄμαλλα. Βίτελλα πόλις Ἰταλίας. Ἄτελλα πόλις Ὀπικῶν Ἰταλίας μεταξὺ Καπύης καὶ Νεαπόλεως. Ἔντελλα πόλις Σικελίας. Ἔφορος ιϛʹ. Στύελλα φρούριον τῆς ἐν Σικελίᾳ Μεγαρίδος. Φίλιστος τετάρτῳ Σικελικῶν. Φρέγελλα πόλις Ἰταλίας. Σίκελλα κώμη Παλαιστίνης, ὡς Ἰώσηπος (A. I. I 6, 13, 9). θύελλα, δίκελλα, Μύριλλα, Πράξιλλα, Τελέσιλλα, Κύδιλλα, Κόριλλα πόλις Λατίνων. Διονύσιος τετάρτῳ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. Ἄκριλλα πόλις Σικελίας οὐ πόρρω Συρακουσῶν. Κορίολλα πόλις Ἰταλίας. Ἄβολλα πόλις Σικελίας. Ἄχολλα πόλις Λιβύης οὐ πόρρω τῶν Σύρτεων ἄποικος Μελιταίων. Ἄγυλλα πόλις Τυρρηνίας. Λυκόφρων (v. 1355) »Ἄγυλλαν Αὐσονῖτιν
He says that the Pythia ordered Lakius to sail toward the rising of the sun; and when Antiphemus laughed, the Pythia said again, “toward the settings of the sun,” and to found the city Gela. Phila is a city of Macedonia, a foundation of Demetrius, son of Antigonus, called Gonatas, who, from the name of his mother Phila, founded on the Peneius a city Phila. There is also an island in Egypt. Herodotus in the fourth book (c. 178): “to the great river, whose name is Triton, and this discharges into a great lake Tritonis; and in it there is an island whose name is Phila.” Smila is a city of Thrace. Hecataeus in Europe: “and after that, Smila, a city.” Pola is a city of Illyria. Bola is a city of Italy. Nola is a city of the Ausones. Hecataeus in Europe. But Polybius says that it is Nole. Balla is a city of Macedonia. Tralla and Palla are Amazons. πάλλα: the ball. Hella is a place in Asia, a trading-station of King Attalus. Polybius, book 16. Pella is a city of Macedonia, of Thessaly, of Achaea, and of Coele Syria, the one called Boutis. The one in Macedonia was formerly also called Bounomeia… and it was named from Pella, its founder. There is also Pella, a mountain of Ethiopia. βδέλλα. Killa, the city. κόλλα. Negla, a small town of Arabia. Glaucus in the second book of Arabian Antiquities. Amphimala is a city of Crete; Hyllouala, a deme of Caria. Apollonius in the fifth book of the Carica: “The Carians named that place, where Hyllus perished, Hyllouala, and built there a seat of Apollo; and even now there is by the god a deme called Hyllouala.” For the Carians used to call the horse ἄλα. Skabala is a district of the Eretrians. Theopompus in the twenty-fourth book of the Philippica. Resala is a city of the Umbrians. Mispila is a city of the Medes. Xenophon in the third book of the Anabasis (c. 4, 10). Ocricola is a city of the Tyrrhenians. Dionysius in the eighteenth book of Roman Antiquities. Saticola is a city of Italy. Apiola is a city of Italy. Crotalla is a city of Italy. Hecataeus in Europe. Macalla is a city of Italy. ἄμαλλα. Vitella is a city of Italy. Atella is a city of the Opici in Italy, between Capua and Neapolis. Entella is a city of Sicily. Ephorus, book 16. Styella is a fort of the Megaris in Sicily. Philistus in the fourth book of Sicilian Affairs. Fregella is a city of Italy. Sicella is a village of Palestine, as Josephus (A. I. I 6, 13, 9). θύελλα, δίκελλα, Myrilla, Praxilla, Telesilla, Kydilla; Korilla is a city of the Latins. Dionysius in the fourth book of Roman Antiquities. Acrilla is a city of Sicily not far from Syracuse. Coriolla is a city of Italy. Abolla is a city of Sicily. Acholla is a city of Libya not far from the Syrtes, a colony of the Melitaeans. Agylla is a city of Tyrrhenia. Lycophron (v. 1355): “Agylla of the Ausones…”