Places mentioned in: Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Arcadia

  1. Arcadia Region in central Peloponnese
  2. Peloponnese
  3. Isthmus
  4. Epidaurus
  5. Troezen
  6. Argolis Region in northeastern Peloponnese
  7. Sparta
  8. Messenia Region in southwest Peloponnese
  9. Sicyon
  10. Elis Region in western Peloponnese founded by Endymion
  11. Olympia
  12. Achaia
  13. Dyme
  14. Troy
  15. Euboea
  16. Phocis
  17. Pelasgia May be an earlier toponym of Epirus, Greece, Arcadia, Peloponnese, or Larissa
  18. Athens
  19. Crete
  20. Phialia Located in south west Arcadia
  21. Himera Located on the north coast of Sicily
  22. Trapezus
  23. Orchomenus
  24. Methana
  25. Tegea
  26. Cromi
  27. Tricoloni
  28. Asea
  29. Italy
  30. Greece
  31. Phrygia
  32. Cyllene
  33. Elateia Ancient Greek city located in Phocis.
  34. Stymphalus
  35. Parnassus
  36. Gortys
  37. Caicus
  38. Pergamum
  39. Colchis
  40. Corinth
  41. Cyprus
  42. Paphos
  43. Golgi An ancient town of Cyprus, whose people worshipped Aphrodite.
  44. Mycenae
  45. Mantinea
  46. Argos
  47. Messene
  48. Kyllene Although the geography is unclear, it is estimated that Kyllene was a port town located a the base of Mt. Kyllene, in the municipality of Elis.
  49. Plataea
  50. Asia
  51. Leuctra
  52. Boeotia
  53. Thessaly
  54. Thermopylae
  55. Mount Parthenius
  56. Artemisius Bibliotheca Classica lists Mount Artemisius as rising above the Arcadian city of Mantineia, on the borders of Argolis.
  57. Maeander
  58. Delphi
  59. Lemnos
  60. Eion Found at the mouth of the Strymon River
  61. Macedonia
  62. Actium
  63. Nile
  64. Cerameicus District of Athens, northwest of the Acropolis. Named after the potters workshops in the area.
  65. Marathon
  66. Alesium
  67. Mylasa
  68. Phalerum Known as the Bay of Phalerum. Modern Cities surrounding are Moschato, Palaio Faliro, Neo Faliro, and Kallithea.
  69. Megalopolis
  70. Salamis
  71. Sea
  72. Iolcus
  73. Libya
  74. Dodona
  75. Sicily
  76. Laconia
  77. Aphrodisias
  78. Tiryns
  79. Thebes
  80. Ithaca
  81. Samos
  82. Eleusis
  83. Pellene
  84. Oenoe
  85. Aegina An Island
  86. Aigai
  87. Bruttium Known in present day as Calabria, Bruttium was an ancient Italian region that held a Greek colony at one point in history.
  88. Halicarnassus
  89. Jerusalem
  90. Rome
  91. Mount Olympus
  92. Lusia An ancient Arcadian city.
  93. River Ladon
  94. Pisa
  95. Alea
  96. Attica
  97. Delos
  98. Psophis
  99. Erymanthus
  100. Pholoe
  101. Thelpusa
  102. Cumae Ancient city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
  103. Plain of Eryx
  104. River Achelous
  105. Aetolia A Region
  106. Priene An ancient Ionian city, located on the coast of Turkey.
  107. Miletus
  108. Egypt
  109. Thaliades
  110. Onceium Located along the river Ladon, inhabited by a temple of Demeter.
  111. Heraclea
  112. Enispe Likely intended to be a real location, but no decisive geographical data exists.
  113. Danube The westernmost of the Scythian Rivers, beginning in Germany and ending in the Black Sea.
  114. Eridanus River
  115. Orneae
  116. Malea
  117. Teuthis
  118. Pontus
  119. Thurii
  120. Mount Pentelicus Mountain in Attica famous for its Honey-Brown Marble
  121. Gortys A river that flows through Gortyna
  122. Rhine A river in Germany.
  123. Borysthenes River
  124. Tarsus
  125. Melas River
  126. Pamphylia A tiny country, located in the former Asia Minor.
  127. Colophon
  128. Aulis
  129. Brenthe Ancient city located in Macedonia.
  130. Thrace
  131. Antioch
  132. India
  133. Knidos An ancient Greek city of Caria
  134. Mitylene Capital of Lesbos
  135. Bassae Located in Arcadia, home to the temple of Apollo Epikourios
  136. Carthage
  137. Nineveh An ancient Assyrian city located in Iraq
  138. Babylon
  139. Chryse
  140. Areopagus A Hill in Athens used for trials
  141. Zoetia
  142. Tanagra
  143. Parrhasia
  144. Syene
  145. Acarnania Undefinable Political Region in the Southwest of Mainland Greece
  146. Lycosura
  147. Nomia A mountain in Arcadia
  148. Dyrrhachium Previously known as the city of Epidamnus
  149. Syracuse A prominent city-state in Sicily
  150. The Parthenon
  151. Phigaleia A city in southwestern Arcadia
  152. Europe
  153. Tiber A river in Italy.
  154. Britain
  155. Lycia
  156. Caria
  157. Cos
  158. Rhodes
  159. Ionia
  160. Syria These coordinates are distinctly Syria circa 303 BC.
  161. Dyke Located as a boundary divider between Megalopolis and Tegea.
  162. Gela
  163. Persia
  164. Brauron
  165. Branchidae A sanctuary located in Ioniapolis, where a massacre took place by the hand of Alexander the Great.
  166. Land of the Doliones
  167. Proconnesus
  168. Paros
  169. Nemea
  170. Pitane
  171. Sellasia
  172. Megara
  173. Gythium
  174. Cydonia The site of Kydonia is located in modern day Chania, on the island of Crete.
  175. Knossos
  176. Phylace
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