Places mentioned in: Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Corinth

  1. Corinth
  2. Argolis Region in northeastern Peloponnese
  3. Attica
  4. Peloponnese
  5. Asopia
  6. Ephyra
  7. Rome
  8. Carthage
  9. Crommyon
  10. Isthmus
  11. Troezen
  12. Athens
  13. Epidaurus
  14. Cenchreae
  15. Lechaeum A port of Ancient Corinth
  16. Mimas An Isthmus in Turkey, in modern Karaburun
  17. Heaven
  18. Sea
  19. Greece
  20. Gabala
  21. Lectum Westernmost point of Asia Minor. Modern Cape Baba.
  22. Sinope
  23. Craneum A grove of cypresses near Corinth
  24. Thessaly
  25. Hykkara
  26. Sicily
  27. Cithaeron
  28. Cytheria
  29. Croceae
  30. Laconia
  31. Stymphalus
  32. Sicyon
  33. Aria
  34. Iolcus
  35. Corcyra
  36. Sparta
  37. Colchis
  38. Lycia
  39. Argos
  40. Mycenae
  41. Troy
  42. Tithorea
  43. Phocis
  44. Gonussa The settlement lies along one of the three rivers North of Sicyon.
  45. Lerna
  46. Acrocorinth The acropolis of ancient Corinth.
  47. Canopus
  48. Hades Abode of the dead. Though Acheron may be used as a synonym, it also exists separately as a river within Hades.
  49. Phlius
  50. Aegina An Island
  51. Cadmea
  52. Maeander
  53. Celenae
  54. Phrygia
  55. Caria
  56. Miletus
  57. Nile
  58. Euphrates River
  59. Ethiopia
  60. Tenea Settlement 60 stadia south of Acrocorinthus
  61. Tenedos
  62. Aegialus
  63. Aegialia
  64. Olympia
  65. Apia
  66. Thebes
  67. Plataea
  68. Eleurethae
  69. Crete
  70. Rhodes
  71. Pellene
  72. Dyme
  73. Megalopolis
  74. Sellasia
  75. Sythas River that divides the ancient border between Archea and Sicyonia
  76. Amphissa
  77. Cecropia
  78. Peiraeus
  79. Munychia A hill in Peiraeus
  80. Salamis
  81. Sounion A Cape or Promontory South of Athens
  82. Mantinea
  83. Patrae
  84. Egypt
  85. Aegium
  86. Cirrha
  87. Heraea
  88. Didyma Sanctuary of Apollo
  89. Pherai
  90. Pyraea A sanctuary to Hera.
  91. Titani
  92. Helisson A river.
  93. Celeae
  94. Eleusis
  95. Araethyrea
  96. Arcadia Region in central Peloponnese
  97. Samos
  98. Libya
  99. Aetolia A Region
  100. Cleonae
  101. Gortys
  102. Elis Region in western Peloponnese founded by Endymion
  103. Nemea
  104. Midea
  105. Tiryns
  106. Larissa Prominent city in Thessaly
  107. Peneus A river in Thessaly named for the regional river god of the same name. This river is distinct from the Peneus in the Peloponnese region, which is not associated with the river god.
  108. Amyclae
  109. Thermopylae
  110. Euboea
  111. Tegea
  112. Seriphus An island of the western Cyclades
  113. Mysia
  114. Inachus River
  115. Messenia Region in southwest Peloponnese
  116. Achaia
  117. Megara
  118. Messene
  119. Epirus
  120. Lake Tritonis
  121. Aegean Sea
  122. Pelasgia May be an earlier toponym of Epirus, Greece, Arcadia, Peloponnese, or Larissa
  123. Mount Sipylus
  124. Tomb of Argus Grave of Argus.
  125. Thesprotia
  126. Aphidnae
  127. Khalkis
  128. Pleuron
  129. Himera Located on the north coast of Sicily
  130. Tomb of Sacadas Grave of Sacadas.
  131. Delphi
  132. Syracuse A prominent city-state in Sicily
  133. Caphereus
  134. Italy
  135. Trachis
  136. Mount Oeta
  137. Cestrine A district in southern Greece.
  138. Rheiti
  139. Euripus Strait
  140. Oenoe
  141. Calydon
  142. Artemisius Bibliotheca Classica lists Mount Artemisius as rising above the Arcadian city of Mantineia, on the borders of Argolis.
  143. Orneae
  144. Medea An ancient citadel, supposedly ruled by Electryon.
  145. Lessa
  146. Ephesus
  147. Pergamum
  148. Smyrna
  149. Cyrene
  150. Delos
  151. India
  152. Parnassus
  153. Orchomenus
  154. Marathon
  155. Cyprus
  156. Hellespont
  157. Phoebaean Lagoon Refers to either the straight which separates the Kalaureia from the mainland or the head of the Bay of Methana.
  158. Hyperea Likely intended to be a real location, but no decisive geographical data exists.
  159. Anthea Likely intended to be a real location, but no decisive geographical data exists.
  160. Halicarnassus
  161. Myndas
  162. Ionia
  163. Boeotia
  164. Saronic Gulf
  165. Hermione The town Pausanias visits; the old city is referred to as Hermion.
  166. Celenderis
  167. Kalaureia An island off the coast of Troezen
  168. Taenarum A Peninsula located at modern-day Cape Matapan, believed to hold access to the Underworld.
  169. Asia
  170. Methana
  171. Macedonia
  172. Hermion
  173. Nisaea Port of Megara
  174. Lampsacus
  175. Mases
  176. Helike
  177. Asine
  178. Nauplia
  179. Apobathmi
  180. Neris Identified by Pausanius as being a village located around the base of the Parnonas mountain range.
  181. Mount Parnon A range that separates Laconia from Arcadia.
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