The words "Argead" and "Argive" derive (via Latin Argīvus) from the Greek ?ργε?ο? (Argeios), "of or from Argos", and is first attested in Homer, where it was also used as a collective designat ...
Alexander was the son of Amyntas I and Queen Eurydice.According to Herodotus, he was unfriendly to Persia, and had the envoys of Darius I killed when they arrived at the court of his father during the ...
Orestis (Ancient Greek: ?ρεστ?? from the term orestias meaning "mountainous") was a region of Upper Macedonia, corresponding roughly to the modern Kastoria regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece ...
The Pieria regional unit is bordered by Larissa (Thessaly) to the south and west, Kozani to the west and Imathia to the north. The Pierian Mountains lie to the west. The Thermaic Gulf lies to the east ...
Elimeia (Greek: Ελιμε?α) is a former municipality in Kozani regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kozani, of which it is a ...
Lower Macedonia (Greek: Κ?τω Μακεδον?α, Kato Makedonia) or Macedonia proper or Emathia is a geographical term used in Antiquity referring to the coastal plain watered by the rivers Haliac ...
According to Greek mythology, the Molossians were the descendants of Molossus, one of the three sons of Neoptolemus, son of Achilles and Deidamia. Following the sack of Troy, Neoptolemus and his armie ...
Strabo in his Geography, places Chaonia between the Ceraunian mountains in the north and the River Thyamis in the south. The Roman historian, Appian, mentions Chaonia as the southern border in his des ...
The river is known by a number of different names. In antiquity it was called Ao?s (?ωο?, ??ο?, ??ο?) in Greek, and Aous in Latin. In Albania it is called Vjos? or Vjosa, while in Greece ...
The Ceraunian Mountains (Albanian: Mal i Kanalit, Greek: Κερα?νια ?ρη, Keravnia ori; Latin: Cerauni montes) is a coastal mountain range in southwestern Albania. The name is derived from Anc ...
The gulf takes its name from the ancient city of Ambracia located near its shores. Its alternate name comes from the medieval (and modern) city of Arta, located in the same place as ancient Ambracia.G ...
A rugged topography, poor soils, and fragmented landholdings have kept agricultural production low and have resulted in a low population density. Animal husbandry is the main industry and corn the chi ...
The name Epirus is derived from the Greek: ?πειρο?, ?peiros (Doric: ?πειρο?, ?peiros), meaning "mainland" or terra firma. It is thought to come from an Indo-European root *apero- 'coas ...
Megaris (Ancient Greek: Μεγαρ??) was a small but populous state of ancient Greece, west of Attica and north of Corinthia, whose inhabitants were adventurous seafarers, credited with deceitful p ...
Attica is a triangular peninsula jutting into the Aegean Sea. It is naturally divided to the north from Boeotia by the 10 mi (16 km) long Kithairon mountain range. To the west, it is bordered by the s ...
