A list of Greek and neighboring place names (cities, islands, regions) with etymologies linking them to mythic figures and variants, noting authors/citations (Homer, Polybius, Pausanias, etc.).
καὶ πόλις Παρθυαίων. Πολύβιος δεκάτῳ. Ἀντιόπη. Στερόπη τὸ κύριον, στεροπή δὲ ἡ ἀστραπή, Μερόπη· οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Σίφνος νῆσος. Κασσιόπη. Κορόπη πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Ὀρόπη πόλις Εὐβοίας, ὅπου Ἀπόλλωνος διασημότατον ἱερόν. Ἰόπη πόλις Φοινίκης πλησίον Ἰαμνίας, ὡς Φίλων, ὡς δὲ Διονύσιος Παλαιστίνης. Φοινίκη γὰρ καὶ ἡ Παλαιστίνη. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Ἰόπης τῆς Αἰόλου θυγατρός, τῆς γυναικὸς Κηφέως τοῦ κτίσαντος καὶ βασιλεύσαντος. ἔστι καὶ Θεσσαλίας ἄλλη. Πηνελόπη. Ἐνόπη πόλις Μεσσηνίας. Ὅμηρος »Καρδαμύλην Ἐνόπην« (Il. Ι 150), μέμνηται αὐτῆς καὶ Παυσανίας τρίτῳ (c. 26, 8). Πελόπη κώμη Λυδίας πρὸς τῇ Φρυγίᾳ. Ἀλόπη πόλις Θεσσαλίας ἀπὸ Ἀλόπης τῆς Κερκυόνος, ὡς Φερεκύδης, ἢ τῆς Ἄκτορος, ὡς Φίλων. ἔστι δὲ μεταξὺ Κρεμαστῆς καὶ Ἐχίνου. δευτέρα ἐστὶ καὶ τῆς Ἀττικῆς. τρίτη Πόντου, ἀφ´ ἧς Πενθεσίλεια. τετάρτη περὶ Εὔβοιαν. πέμπτη περὶ Δελφούς. ἕκτη περὶ Λοκρίδα. Ὅμηρος τὴν μεταξὺ Μυσίας καὶ Καρίας καὶ Λυδίας παράλιόν φησιν »ἐλθόντ´ ἐξ Ἀλόπης, ὅθ´ Ἀμαζονίδων γένος ἐστίν« (Β 857). Ῥοδόπη πόλις Ἰωνίας. Διόπη πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ὡς Φερεκύδης. Πανόπη πόλις Φωκίδος ἡ καὶ Πανοπεύς. κέκληται δὲ ἀπὸ Πανοπέως τοῦ Φώκου παιδός. Παρθενόπη μία τῶν Σειρήνων καὶ πόλις ἐν Ὀπικοῖς τῆς Ἰταλίας κτίσμα Ῥοδίων. Δρυόπη ἡ Εὐρυπύλου θυγάτηρ καὶ πόλις περὶ τὴν Ἑρμιόνα. γράφεται καὶ Δρυόπα. Ἀρύπη πόλις, ἧς οἱ πολῖται Ἄρυπες. Σινώπη πόλις διαφανεστάτη τοῦ Πόντου, κτίσμα Κρητίνου καὶ Κῴου, ὥς φησι Φλέγων. Εὐρώπη ἡ χώρα ἐκ τῆς Φοίνικος θυγατρὸς ἢ τοῦ Ἀγήνορος. λέγεται καὶ Εὐρώπεια ὡς Ὑψιπύλη Ὑψιπύλεια, Ἀπάμη Ἀπάμεια, Πηνελόπη Πηνελόπεια, Λαοδίκη Λαοδίκεια, ἐρήμη ἐρήμεια, κολώνη κολώνεια. καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'ι' Εὐρωπία παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ Αἰχμαλώτισι »καὶ νησιώτας καὶ μακρᾶς Εὐρωπίας«. καὶ Εὐριπίδης ἐν Θησεῖ »σχεδὸν παρ´ αὐτοῖς κρασπέδοις Εὐρωπίας«. Κερκώπη. Μετώπη ὁ ποταμός. Κασώπη πόλις ἐν Μολοσσοῖς δι´ ἑνὸς 'σ'. Κωνώπη πόλις Ἀκαρνανίας. Πολύβιος πέμπτῳ. Νησώπη πόλις Λέσβου ἡ τὸν Σίγριον λιμένα ποιοῦσα. Ἐπώπη ἡ Ἀκροκόρινθος διὰ τὸ Σίσυφον ἐντεῦθεν ἐπιδεῖν τὴν τῆς Αἰγίνης ὑπὸ Διὸς ἁρπαγήν. Ὑώπη πόλις Ματιηνῶν προσεχὴς τοῖς Γορδίοις. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ »ἐν δὲ πόλις Ὑώπη, οἱ δ´ ἄνθρωποι ἐσθῆτα φορέουσιν οἵηνπερ Παφλαγόνες«. Ὀλύμπη πόλις Ἰλλυρίας ὡς Δομίτιος Καλλίστρατος ἑβδόμῳ περὶ Ἡρακλείας. Ζαριάσπη καὶ Ζαρίασπα πόλις Βακτριανή.
And a city of the Parthians. Polybius in the tenth book. Ἀντιόπη. Στερόπη is the proper name, but στεροπή is “lightning”; Μερόπη: thus the island Σίφνος was called. Κασσιόπη. Κορόπη, a city of Thessaly. Ὀρόπη, a city of Euboea, where there is a most famous sanctuary of Apollo. Ἰόπη, a city of Phoenicia near Ἰαμνία, according to Philo, but according to Dionysius, of Palestine; for Phoenicia is also Palestine. And it was named from Ἰόπη, daughter of Aeolus, the wife of Cepheus who founded it and reigned. There is also another in Thessaly. Πηνελόπη. Ἐνόπη, a city of Messenia. Homer, “Καρδαμύλην Ἐνόπην” (Il. Ι 150); and Pausanias too mentions it in the third book (c. 26, 8). Πελόπη, a village of Lydia on the border with Phrygia. Ἀλόπη, a city of Thessaly, from Ἀλόπη daughter of Cercyon, according to Pherecydes, or of Actor, according to Philo; and it lies between Κρεμαστή and Ἐχῖνος. A second is also in Attica; a third in Pontus, from which came Penthesileia; a fourth around Euboea; a fifth around Delphi; a sixth around Locris. Homer speaks of the coastal one between Mysia and Caria and Lydia: “ἐλθόντ´ ἐξ Ἀλόπης, ὅθ´ Ἀμαζονίδων γένος ἐστίν” (Β 857). Ῥοδόπη, a city of Ionia. Διόπη, a city of Arcadia, according to Pherecydes. Πανόπη, a city of Phocis, also called Πανοπεύς; and it is named from Πανοπεύς, son of Phocus. Παρθενόπη, one of the Sirens, and a city among the Opici of Italy, a foundation of the Rhodians. Δρυόπη, daughter of Eurypylus, and a city near Hermione; it is also written Δρυόπα. Ἀρύπη, a city, whose citizens are Ἄρυπες. Σινώπη, a very famous city of Pontus, a foundation of a Cretan and a Coan, as Phlegon says. Εὐρώπη, the region, from the daughter of Phoenix or of Agenor. It is also said Εὐρώπεια, as Ὑψιπύλη—Ὑψιπύλεια, Ἀπάμη—Ἀπάμεια, Πηνελόπη—Πηνελόπεια, Λαοδίκη—Λαοδίκεια, ἐρήμη—ἐρήμεια, κολώνη—κολώνεια. And with iota, Εὐρωπία, in Sophocles’ Αἰχμαλώτισις: “καὶ νησιώτας καὶ μακρᾶς Εὐρωπίας.” And Euripides in the Θησεύς: “σχεδὸν παρ´ αὐτοῖς κρασπέδοις Εὐρωπίας.” Κερκώπη. Μετώπη, the river. Κασώπη, a city among the Molossians, with a single sigma. Κωνώπη, a city of Acarnania. Polybius in the fifth book. Νησώπη, a city of Lesbos, which makes the harbor Σίγριος. Ἐπώπη, the Acrocorinth, because from there Sisyphus saw the abduction of Aegina by Zeus. Ὑώπη, a city of the Matieni, near the Gordii. Hecataeus in the Ἀσία: “and in it is a city Ὑώπη, and the people wear clothing such as the Paphlagonians.” Ὀλύμπη, a city of Illyria, according to Domitius Callistratus in the seventh book On Heracleia. Ζαριάσπη and Ζαρίασπα, a city of Bactria.