Places mentioned in: Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Messenia
- Messenia Region in southwest Peloponnese
- Laconia
- Gerenia
- Messene
- Argos
- Sparta
- Andania
- Leuctra
- Ithome
- Troy
- Pylos
- Arene
- Ithaca
- Pherai
- Eleusis
- Bene A town in Crete. Birthplace of the poet Rhianus.
- Crete
- Thebes
- Oechalia
- Miletus
- Eretria
- Argolis Region in northeastern Peloponnese
- Iolcus
- Athens
- Ephesus
- Tricca
- Stenyclerus
- Delos
- Areopagus A Hill in Athens used for trials
- Asia Minor
- Delphi
- Cassandreia A key city in ancient Macedonia.
- Priene An ancient Ionian city, located on the coast of Turkey.
- Asine
- Isthmus
- Sicyon
- Sanctuary of Zeus at Messene
- Corinth
- Amyclae
- Peloponnese
- Lebadeia
- Boeotia
- Pharis
- Aegila Sanctuary to Demeter here
- Trapezus
- Aegospotami
- Asia
- Olympia
- Lyktos
- Elis Region in western Peloponnese founded by Endymion
- Cephallenia Modern Kefalonia
- Aptera
- Smyrna
- Arcadia Region in central Peloponnese
- 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.
- Cyllene
- Zacynthos
- Sardinia
- Italy
- Rhegium
- Sicily
- Khalkis
- Libya
- Babylon
- Phialia Located in south west Arcadia
- Heraclea
- Ialysos
- Rhodes
- Sardes
- Ecbatana Important city of the Persian Empire
- Nauplia
- Taenarum A Peninsula located at modern-day Cape Matapan, believed to hold access to the Underworld.
- Naupactus
- Aetolia A Region
- Acarnania Undefinable Political Region in the Southwest of Mainland Greece
- Marathon
- Sphacteria An island where the Athenians trapped and defeated the Spartans in 425 BCE
- Thurii
- Adramytium
- Orchomenus
- Attica
- Greece
- Sellasia
- Megalopolis
- Abia
- Chios
- Calamae
- Mount Taygetos The Sanctuary of Artemis Limnatis.
- Susa
- Persia
- Phocis
- Byzantium An ancient Greek colony located in modern day Istanbul.
- Patrae
- Parnassus
- Achaia
- Phocaea
- Sea
- Rhine A river in Germany.
- Maeander
- River Achelous
- Indus
- Danube The westernmost of the Scythian Rivers, beginning in Germany and ending in the Black Sea.
- Euphrates River
- River Phasis
- Nile
- Thesprotia
- Corone Former municipality in Messenia, Greece.
- Coronea
- Hermion
- Styra
- Epirus
- Thermopylae
- Jaffa
- Lesbos
- Atarneus An ancient Greek city in the region of Aeolis, located modern day Turkey.
- Caria
- Dicaearchia City in Campania known for an acidic hot spring.
- Thessaly
- Rheneia An island in the Cyclades.
- Caphereus
- Euboea
- Salamis
- Aulon A valley near the Greek coastline that held the temple Asclepius Aulonius, near the river Cyparissus.
to Top