List of ancient place names with brief descriptions, mainly cities and regions.
κληθῆναι Βρεττίαν, εἶτα Οἰνωτρίαν. Βρικιννίαι πόλις Σικελίας. Βρουτοβρία πόλις μεταξὺ Βαίτιος ποταμοῦ καὶ Τουρδιτανῶν. δηλοῖ δὲ Βρουτούπολιν. τὸ γὰρ βρία τοῦτο σημαίνει ὡς Πολτυμβρία, Σηλυμβρία. Βρουττία μοῖρα Σικελίας. Βρυστακία πόλις Οἰνωτρῶν. Γαιτουλία χώρα Λιβύης. Γαλατία ἡ χώρα. Γαλλία ἐντὸς Ἄλπεων χώρα. Γεδρωσία χώρα Ἰνδική. Γετία ἡ χώρα τῶν Γετῶν. Γλαυκία πολίχνιον Ἰωνίας. Γουνία χώρα Περραιβίας. γράφεται δὲ καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ 'υ'. Δακία χώρα πλησίον Βορυσθένους. Δαρδανία ἡ χώρα ἣ καὶ Δαρδανική. Δελματία Ἰταλίας χώρα. Δηλία πόλις Καρίας. Δολοπία χώρα. Δρυμία πόλις Φωκίδος. Δρυοπία τῶν Δρυόπων περὶ Τραχῖνα. Ἐλιμία πόλις Μακεδονίας. Στράβων ἑβδόμῳ. ἀπὸ Ἐλύμου τοῦ ἥρωος ἢ ἀπὸ Ἑλένου ἢ ἀπὸ Ἐλύμα τοῦ Τυρρηνῶν βασιλέως. Ἀλέξανδρος δ´ ἐν Εὐρώπῃ Ἐλίμειον φησὶ διὰ μακροῦ τὴν 'μει' συλλαβήν, τὴν δὲ 'λι' διὰ βραχέος 'ι'. Ἐλλοπία χωρίον Εὐβοίας καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ νῆσος ἀπὸ Ἔλλοπος τοῦ Ἴωνος. ἐλέγετο καὶ ἡ περὶ Δωδώνην χώρα Ἐλλοπία, ἧς οἱ οἰκήτορες Ἑλλοί καὶ Σελλοί. ἔστι καὶ πόλις περὶ Δολοπίαν καὶ χώρα περὶ Θεσπιάς. Εἱλωτία ἡ χώρα. Ἐλπία πόλις ἐν Δαυνίοις, κτίσμα Ῥοδίων. Ἐπουΐα πόλις ἡ νῦν Ἀμβρακία ἡ πρότερον Παραλία. Εὐκρατιδία πόλις Βάκτρων παρὰ τὸν Εὐκρατίδαν. Στράβων ἑνδεκάτῳ. Εὐπαλία πόλις Λοκρίδος, ἣν Εὐπάλιον Ἀρτεμίδωρός φησι. Εὐπατρία πόλις Λυδῶν. Ἠλιδία. Ψωφιδία. Ἠμαθία πόλις καὶ χώρα ἡ νῦν Μακεδονία. Θαμία πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Ῥιανὸς ιδʹ Θεσσαλικῶν καὶ Θαμίεια. Θαυμακία πόλις Μαγνησίας. Ὅμηρος (Β 716) «οἱ δ´ ἄρα Μηθώνην καὶ Θαυμακίην ἐνέμοντο» ἀπὸ Θαυμάκου τοῦ Ποίαντος πατρός. δευτέρα πόλις κατὰ τὸν Μαλιακὸν κόλπον ἡ καὶ Θαυμακοί. Θεσπρωτία πόλις καὶ χώρα ἔξω τοῦ Ἀμβρακικοῦ κόλπου. Ἰαιτία πόλις Σικελίας. Φίλιστος Σικελικῶν δευτέρῳ. Ἰβηρία χώρα ἡ μὲν πρὸς ταῖς Ἡρακλείας στήλαις ἀπὸ Ἴβηρος ποταμοῦ. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν τῇ βʹ τῶν γεωγραφουμένων «ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν Πυρηναίων ὀρῶν ἕως τῶν κατὰ Γάδειρα τόπων καὶ ἐνδοτέρω Ἰβηρία τε καὶ Ἱσπανία καλεῖται. διῄρηται δὲ ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων εἰς δύο ἐπαρχίας.... διατείνουσα ἀπὸ τῶν Πυρηναίων ὀρῶν ἅπασα μέχρι τῆς Καινῆς Καρχηδονίας καὶ τῶν τοῦ Βαίτιος πηγῶν, τῆς δὲ δευτέρας ἐπαρχίας τὰ μέχρι Γαδείρων καὶ Λουσιτανίας». ἡ δὲ πρὸς Πέρσας. Ἰλαττία πόλις Κρήτης. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. Ἰναχία ἡ Πελοπόννησος, οὐ μόνον τὸ Ἄργος, ἀπὸ Ἰνάχου τοῦ ποταμοῦ. Ἰξίαι πληθυντικῶς χωρίον τῆς Ῥόδου ἀπὸ Ἴξου λιμένος. Ἰσινδία χωρίον Ἰωνίας, λέγεται καὶ Ἴσινδα καὶ Ἴσινδος. Κανθηλία πόλις περὶ Καρχηδόνα. λέγεται καὶ Κανθήλη. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Κανταβρία χώρα. Στράβων τρίτῃ. Καρπηΐα· οὕτως τινὲς Κάλπην πόλιν Βιθυνίας φασίν. Κεκροπία χώρα. Κορησσία πολίχνιον τῆς Κέω καὶ ἐπίνειον. Κωρυκία ἀκρωτήριον Κρήτης καὶ λιμὴν Αἰθιοπίας. Λυδία ἡ χώρα. Ξάνθος ἐν Λυδιακῶν πρώτῳ. Λυκία ἡ χώρα ἀπὸ Λύκου τοῦ Πανδίονος· ἔστι καὶ Λυκία ἡ πρὸς Κιλικίαν, ἧς ἦρχε Σαρπηδών. Λυρνατία
They were called Brettia, and then Oinotria. Brikinniai, a city of Sicily. Brutobria, a city between the river Baetis and the Turditani; it signifies Brutoupolis. For this bria means that, as in Πολτυμβρία, Σηλυμβρία. Bruttia, a district of Sicily. Brustakia, a city of the Oinotrians. Gaitoulia, a region of Libya. Galatia, the country. Gallia, a region within the Alps. Gedrosia, an Indian region. Getia, the country of the Getae. Glaukia, a small town of Ionia. Gounia, a region of Perrhaebia; it is also written without the ‘υ’. Dacia, a region near the Borysthenes. Dardania, the country which is also Dardanike. Delmatia, a region of Italy. Delia, a city of Caria. Dolopia, a region. Drymia, a city of Phocis. Dryopia, of the Dryopes around Trachis. Elimia, a city of Macedonia. Strabo in the seventh book: from Elymus the hero, or from Helenus, or from Elyma the king of the Tyrrhenians. Alexander, in the fourth book of his work On Europe, says Ἐλίμειον with the syllable μει long, and the λι with short ι. Ellopia, a district of Euboea, and also the island itself, from Ellops son of Ion. The region around Dodona too was called Ellopia, whose inhabitants were Helloi and Selloi. There is also a city in the region of Dolopia and a region around Thespiae. Heilotia, the country. Elpia, a city among the Daunii, a foundation of the Rhodians. Epouïa, the city now called Ambracia, formerly Paralia. Eucratidia, a city of the Bactrians, from Eucratidas. Strabo in the eleventh book. Eupalia, a city of Locris, which Artemidorus says is Eupalion. Eupatria, a city of the Lydians. Elidia. Psophidia. Emathia, a city and region, now Macedonia. Thamia, a city of Thessaly. Rhianus in the fourteenth book of his Thessalika: and Thamieia. Thaumakia, a city of Magnesia. Homer (Β 716): “and they inhabited Methone and Thaumakia,” from Thaumakos, father of Poias. A second city on the Maliac Gulf, also called Thaumakoi. Thesprotia, a city and region outside the Ambracian Gulf. Iaitia, a city of Sicily. Philistus in the second book of his Sicelika. Iberia, a region: the one by the Pillars of Heracles, from the river Iberus. Artemidorus in the second book of his Geographoumena: “and from the Pyrenaean mountains as far as the places about Gadeira and farther inland it is called both Iberia and Hispania. It has been divided by the Romans into two provinces … extending all of the first from the Pyrenaean mountains as far as New Carthage and the sources of the Baetis, and of the second province the parts as far as Gadeira and Lusitania.” And the one toward the Persians. Ilattia, a city of Crete. Polybius in the thirteenth book. Inachia, the Peloponnese—not only Argos—from Inachus the river. Ixia, in the plural, a place of Rhodes, from the harbor of Ixos. Isindia, a place of Ionia; it is also called Isinda and Isindos. Kanthelia, a city near Carthage; it is also called Kanthele. Hecataeus in his Asia. Cantabria, a region. Strabo in the third book. Karpeïa: thus some say that Kalpe is a city of Bithynia. Cecropia, a region. Koressia, a small town of Ceos and its harbor. Korykia, a promontory of Crete and a harbor of Ethiopia. Lydia, the country. Xanthus in the first book of his Lydiaka. Lycia, the country, from Lycus son of Pandion; there is also Lycia toward Cilicia, over which Sarpedon ruled. Lyrnatia.