Places mentioned in: Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Elis

  1. Peloponnese
  2. Arcadia Region in central Peloponnese
  3. Aegialus
  4. Parnassus
  5. Aetolia A Region
  6. Itonus
  7. Olympia
  8. Axius
  9. Miletus
  10. Hyrmine
  11. Pisa
  12. Asia
  13. River Achelous
  14. Elis Region in western Peloponnese founded by Endymion
  15. Thessaly
  16. Cleonae
  17. Tiryns
  18. Corinth
  19. Delphi
  20. Dulichium
  21. Olenus
  22. Troy
  23. Isthmus
  24. Naupactus
  25. Achaia
  26. Pieria
  27. Greece
  28. Athens
  29. Macedonia
  30. Phialia Located in south west Arcadia
  31. Arene
  32. Ionia
  33. Messenia Region in southwest Peloponnese
  34. Sardes
  35. Selinus A settlement and river in Eleia.
  36. Mount Pentelicus Mountain in Attica famous for its Honey-Brown Marble
  37. Megalopolis
  38. Gortys
  39. Heraclea
  40. Erymanthus
  41. Syracuse A prominent city-state in Sicily
  42. Sicily
  43. Ethiopia
  44. Syene
  45. Meroe
  46. Nile
  47. Egypt
  48. Jordan River
  49. Tiberias A lake in Galilee.
  50. Dead Sea
  51. Branchidae A sanctuary located in Ioniapolis, where a massacre took place by the hand of Alexander the Great.
  52. Epirus
  53. Delos
  54. Cyme
  55. Proconnesus
  56. Crete
  57. Sparta
  58. Smyrna
  59. Thebes
  60. Thurii
  61. Lycia
  62. Troas
  63. Dyme
  64. Heaven
  65. Naxos
  66. Tanagra
  67. Attica
  68. Thrace
  69. Knossos
  70. Amyclae
  71. Hellas
  72. Salamis
  73. Caucasus
  74. Marathon
  75. Epidaurus
  76. Campania
  77. Capua Located in Italy. Once known as the capital of the twelve cities in Campania.
  78. India
  79. Syria These coordinates are distinctly Syria circa 303 BC.
  80. Ephesus
  81. Rome
  82. Bithynia Region in northwest Anatolia bordering the Bosporus, with the major city being Nicomedia
  83. Nicomedeia An ancient Greek city located in present-day Turkey
  84. Astacus
  85. Eridanus River
  86. Pergamum
  87. Caicus
  88. Euboea
  89. Eretria
  90. Didyma Sanctuary of Apollo
  91. Thesprotia
  92. Acheron A lower river of Hades.
  93. Maeander
  94. Letrini
  95. Unknown Literally unknown. An event occurs, but we cannot be reasonably certain of the location.
  96. Chios
  97. Libya
  98. Argos
  99. Sicyon
  100. Colchis
  101. Pheia
  102. Gonussa The settlement lies along one of the three rivers North of Sicyon.
  103. Samos
  104. Locris
  105. Land of the Doliones
  106. Halicarnassus
  107. Alexandria
  108. Aegean Sea
  109. Rhodes
  110. Magnesia
  111. Stratonicea Name used to refer to a grouping of Hellenistic cities.
  112. Phrygia
  113. Cyclades 200+ Islands in the Aegean
  114. Apollonia A town in the vicinity of Thrace.
  115. Thronium
  116. Corcyra
  117. Metapontum
  118. Aegina An Island
  119. Nemea
  120. Plataea
  121. Tegea
  122. Orchomenus
  123. Phlius
  124. Troezen
  125. Hermion
  126. Argolis Region in northeastern Peloponnese
  127. Mycenae
  128. Ceos Greek island in the Agean Sea.
  129. Melos
  130. Nicopolus Founded by Caesar Augustus
  131. Actium
  132. Cassandreia A key city in ancient Macedonia.
  133. Himera Located on the north coast of Sicily
  134. Catana A city in Sicily where a famous battle took place in 397 BC
  135. Phocis
  136. Aeolis A region on West coast of Asia Minor
  137. Knidos An ancient Greek city of Caria
  138. Rhegium
  139. Italy
  140. Troad
  141. Carthage
  142. Tarentum Greek colony in Southern Italy
  143. Cydonia The site of Kydonia is located in modern day Chania, on the island of Crete.
  144. Messene
  145. Tyre Mother city of the Phoenician people
  146. Phoenicia
  147. Thasos
  148. Sphacteria An island where the Athenians trapped and defeated the Spartans in 425 BCE
  149. Megara
  150. Boeotia
  151. Lydia
  152. Aenus A settlement located in Thrace.
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