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The modern city of Chalkida is located on Greece’s second-largest island–Euboea (Evia)–at the point where the island comes closest to[…]

Ancient Aulis was situated on the eastern coast of Boeotia on the Greek mainland, just across the gulf which separates[…]

The ancient site of Eleusis can today be found in the modern town of Elefsina, which is located on the[…]

The modern Greek town of Thiva is located in the region of Boeotia 50 km northwest of Athens. It was[…]

Along with Athens, Sparta was one of the two most famous and powerful Greek city-states of classical antiquity. From the[…]

The Plain of Marathon is located about 30 km northeast of Athens between the modern towns of Marathonas and Nea[…]

The town of Megara is located in West Attica about 35 km west of the Greek capital of Athens. It[…]

Mytilene is the main town of the Greek island of Lesbos, the third-largest of the Greek islands. The town is[…]

The prehistoric archaeological site of Thermi is located on the eastern coast of the Greek island of Lesbos. It is[…]

The Temple of Demeter at Gyroulas is located on a small hill surrounded by farmland in the interior of the[…]