WebAcarnania (Greek: Ἀκαρνανία) is a region of west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth.Today it forms the western part of the regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania.The capital and principal city in ancient times was Stratos.

WebKalavryta (Greek: Καλάβρυτα) is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece.The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, 24 kilometres (15 miles) south of Aigio, 40 km (25 miles) southeast of Patras and 62 km (39 miles) northwest of Tripoli.Notable mountains in the municipality are Mount …

WebAttica of Attika (Grieks: Αττική, Attiki) is een driehoekig schiereiland in Midden-Griekenland (circa 2650 km²), aan twee zijden omspoeld door de Egeïsche Zee en in het noorden begrensd door de landschappen Megaris en Boeotië.Het is tevens een van de dertien regio's van Griekenland.Naast het gelijknamige schiereiland omvat de regio Attica ook …

WebAssassin’s Creed Odyssey ist ein Action-Adventure-Computerspiel mit Rollenspielelementen, das von Ubisoft Quebec entwickelt wurde und von Ubisoft verlegt wird. Es ist der elfte Teil der Hauptserie von Assassin’s Creed und der Nachfolger des 2017 erschienenen Assassin’s Creed Origins.Es wurde im Oktober 2018 für die Plattformen …

WebCurrency. Obols were used from early times. According to Plutarch they were originally spits of copper or bronze traded by weight, while six obols make a drachma or a handful, since that was as many as the hand could grasp. Heraklides of Pontus in his work On Etymologies mentions the obols of Heraion and derives the origin of obolos from obelos. This is …

WebSamothrace (also known as Samothraki, Greek: Σαμοθράκη, [samoˈθraci]) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea.It is a municipality within the Evros regional unit of Thrace.The island is 17 km (11 mi) long and is 178 km 2 (69 sq mi) in size and has a population of 2,859 (2011 census). Its main industries are fishing and tourism.Resources …

WebKomotini (Greek: Κομοτηνή, Turkish: Gümülcine, Bulgarian: Комотини) is a city in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, northeastern Greece.It is the capital of the Rhodope.It was the administrative centre of the Rhodope-Evros super-prefecture until its abolition in 2010, by the Kallikratis Plan.The city is home to the Democritus University of Thrace, …

WebMegara (/ ˈ m ɛ ɡ ər ə /; Greek: Μέγαρα, pronounced ) is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece.It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by Athens. Megara was one of the four districts of Attica, embodied in the four mythic sons of King …

WebMegara Hyblaea (Ancient Greek: Μέγαρα Ὑβλαία) – perhaps identical with Hybla Major – is an ancient Greek colony in Sicily, situated near Augusta on the east coast, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-northwest of Syracuse, Italy, on the deep bay formed by the Xiphonian promontory. There were at least three (and possibly as many as five) cities named "Hybla" in ancient …

WebFarsala (Greek: Φάρσαλα), known in Antiquity as Pharsalos (Ancient Greek: Φάρσαλος, Latin: Pharsalus), is a city in southern Thessaly, in Greece.Farsala is located in the southern part of Larissa regional unit, and is one of its largest towns. Farsala is an economic and agricultural centre of the region. Cotton and livestock are the main agricultural products, …