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Aetolia

One of the districts in the lower Greek mainland. One of its cities is Calydon. It was named after Aetolus, son of Endymion.

Argos (Argolis)

The central plateau in Peloponnesus, surrounded by and dissected by mountains. The people who lived there were mostly shepherds and hunters who worshipped nature gods

Asia Minor

Asia Minor is the peninsula at the most extreme tip at at western Asia. It was surrounded by the Aegean and Black Seas. To its East was Mesopotamia and China. To the west was Europe. It was the land of Troy, Phrygia and the entrance to the Dardanelle

Athens

Athens is the present capitol of Greece; the main city in Attica. It is named after its patron goddess, Athena. Athens is one of the oldest cities, inhabited earlier then the Bronze Age (2000-1000 B.C.). It is home to the Acropolis, is and always was “the cultural center of the Greek world”.

Attica

Attica is the triangle shaped area at the eastern end of the Greek mainland. Its main and capitol city is Athens.

Boeotia

Boeotia was an ancient region north of Attica. Its early settlers were from Thessaly. Its main city is Thebes, and it’s famous for the Oracle of Delphi, Mount Parnassus and Mount Helicon.

Calydon

A town in Aetolia. It was founded by Aetolus and was the site of the Calydonian Boar Hunt.

Corinth (Korinth)

A city situated in northeast Peloponnesus. Corinth was aver large and powerful city and rivaled Athens; it was allies with Sparta. It is indeed a very important city for it was where Jason and Medea fled to after they were banished from Iolcus.

Crete

Crete is an island southeast of (but part of) Greece. It was one of the earliest civilizations, and possibly the most spectacular. It was the birth place of Zeus, and was the new home of Europa. Minos (Europa’s son) founded the first kingdom ther

Dardanelles

Dardanelles is the strait that connects the Aegean to the Black Sea. It is 40 miles long and 1-5 miles wide. By the ancients it was called Hellespoint.

Delos

Delos is the smallest of the islands in the Aegean called the Cyclades. It was a drifting island until Zeus tied it to the ocean floor so Leto could give birth to her divine twins.

Delphi

Delphi was Gaia’s sacred spot and she guarded it with Python. Apollo slew Python and her soul became the oracle. Apollo made the grove sacred to him. He built and alter and found priests. It is the most famous oracle in Greece. The Pythian Games were held near the oracle. It is situated on Mount Parnassus. Research dates it back to before 1600 B.C. Its ruins are still visible and are an awesome site. Its honor started declining at the same time ancient Greece did. It was attempted to resurrect the shrine but it was abolished in A.D. 385, by Emperor Theodorus.

Dodona

Dodona is situated in Epirus; northwestern Greece. At Dodona was said to be an oracle; inside an oak tree (or beech). It was Zeus’s sacred site, it’s to Zeus what Delphi is to Apollo.

Eleusis

An ancient city in Attica, famous for the Eleusian Mysteries.