Baiake (Ancient Greek : Βαιάκη) was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Epirus. [1] It was located between Apollonia and Oricos.
The Thesprotians were an ancient Greek tribe, akin to the Molossians, inhabiting the kingdom of Thesprotis in Epirus. Together with the Molossians and the Chaonians, they formed the main tribes of the northwestern Greek group. On their northeastern frontier, they neighbored the Chaonians and on their northern frontier they neighbored the kingdom of the Molossians. The poet Homer frequently mentions Thesprotia in the Odyssey, which had friendly relations with Ithaca and Doulichi. The Thesprotians originally controlled the Dodona oracle, the oldest religious shrine in Greece. Later, they were part of the Epirus until they were annexed into the Roman Empire.
Phoenice or Phoenike was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians. It was also the location of the Treaty of Phoenice which ended the First Macedonian War, as well as one of the wealthiest cities in Epirus until the Roman conquest. During the early Byzantine period, Phoenice was the see of a bishopric. The city is an archaeological park of Albania and is located on a hill above a modern town which bears the same name, Finiq, in modern southern Albania.
Argithea is a village and a historic municipality in the Karditsa regional unit of Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Anthiro. The name derives from ἀργός + θέα.
Eurymenae or Eurymenai was an ancient Greek city of Molossis located in the region of Epirus. The city belonged to the Molossian koinon and was inhabited by the Arktanoi tribe.
Batiae or Batiai, also known as Bitia (Βιτία), was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Epirus. It was located in Thesprotia, mentioned along with Elateia, and situated in the interior in the neighbourhood of Pandosia. The city-site is located near modern Kastri, Thesprotiko, Lelovo.
Poionos was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Epirus but known only from a theorodokos inscription.
Artichia was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Epirus. The site is probably located somewhere in ancient Parauaea, now in the Përmet basin.
Zmaratha was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Epirus.
Phanote or Phanota, or Phanoteia (Φανωτεία), was a strongly fortified ancient Greek town of Chaonia located in the region of Epirus. The town's location was of military/strategic importance as it stood in the midst of a valley surrounded by an amphitheatre of mountains, through which there are only two narrow passes. It lies about halfway between the sea and the Antigonean passes, and was therefore of importance to the Romans when they were advancing from Illyria in 169 BCE. Its site is tentatively located near the modern Raveni.
Hecatompedum or Hekatompedon was an ancient Greek city in the interior of Chaonia located in the region of Epirus. Its site is tentatively located near modern Saraqinisht.
Thesprotia was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Epirus.
Trampya was an ancient Greek city in the region of Epirus. Its site is unlocated, but near that of Bouneima.
Helicranon or Helikranon was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Epirus. The site of the city is tentatively located near modern Chrysorrachi.
Oropos was an ancient Greek walled settlement located in the region of Epirus. The settlement site is in modern-day Voulista Panaghia.
Phara was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Acarnania.
Hyporeiae or Hyporeiai was an ancient Greek town located in the region of Acarnania. Its exact location is unknown, although it has been suggested that it should be located in the east of Acarnania, in the border area with Aetolia.
Echinus or Echinos was an ancient Greek town of Acarnania. Legend has it that it was founded by a Greek mythological figure named Echinus. It is mentioned by the poet Rhianus, and appears in the list of cities of Acarnania transmitted by Pliny the Elder, who places it between Heraclea and Actium. The site of Echinus is near the modern town of Vonitsa, probably the kastro of Profitis Elias.
Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Acarnania. It was founded by Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, in the 4th century BCE. It appears in the list of cities of Acarnania transmitted by Pliny the Elder, who places it near the city of Echinus. Stephanus of Byzantium also mentions the town in his Ethnica. Heraclea is tentatively located near modern Thesis Lekka.
Thesprotis, or Thesprotia, was an ancient region in Epirus in northwestern Greece. It encompassed the west-central part of Epirus, and it roughly included the territories of the present-day territorial units of Thesprotia and Preveza.
Elaea or Elaia, also Elea (Ἐλέα), was a town of Thesprotia in ancient Epirus toward the mouth of the Acheron river. The town is mentioned by Ptolemy. Thucydides calls the surrounding district Elaeatis (Ἐλαιατις) and indicates that Ephyra was in the territory of Elaea. Its port was Elaias Limen, literally the "Bay of Elaea", which the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax asserts was the main port of Thesprotia.