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Alphabetic links to all places: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Background or reference information on the places listed here may be be found in the open-access sources listed below or in one or more of the resources listed in the bibliography.

Stillwell et al (eds), Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

Many of the places can also be found on Google Maps and other mapping platforms via the Pleiades Project, along with further details.

Ecbatana (Ἐκβάτανα) A city of the Medes and Persians.

Citations: Antigonus 15b

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Egesta See Segesta.

Egypt (Αἴγυπτος)

Citations:

Antigonus 19; 97a

Apollonius 43.2

MA 7

Par. Vat. 23; 54

Links: Smith - Map 1 - Map 2

Eleas (Ἐλεάς) A river of unknown location.

Citations: Philostephanus F7

Electrides (Ἠλεκτρίδες νῆσοι) Islands in the Adriatic Gulf (unidentified, possibly mythical).

Citations:

MA 81

Par. Flor. 31

Eleusis (Ἐλευσίς) Site of the Eleusinian Mysteries, in Attica.

Citations: MA 131

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Elis / Eleia (Ἦλις / Ἠλεία) A district of Greece on the western coast of the Peloponnese.

Citations:

Antigonus 13; 112b; 140.1

MA 123

Myrsilus F1

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Elmaeum (Ἐλμαῖον) A mountain in Cyprus.

Citations: Apollonius 36.6

Emathia (Ἠμαθίη) A district of Macedonia.

Citations: MA 68.2

Links: Smith - Princeton [s.v. Lefkadia] - Map

Enna (Ἔννα) A city in the centre of Sicily.

Citations: MA 82

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Epirus (Ἤπειρος) A region of the North-west Greek mainland.

Citations: MA 75

Links: Smith - Map

Eridanus (Ἠριδανός) A major river of northern Italy, the modern Po.

Citations: Par. Flor. 331

Links: Smith - Map

Erythea (Ἐρύθεια) An island off Spain, the site of Gades / Cadiz.

Citations: Antigonus 169.1

Links: Smith [s.v. Gades] - Map

Erythraean Sea (Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα) The north-west part of the Indian Ocean, including the Arabian and Persian Gulfs.

Citations: Alexander F4

Links: Smith

Ethiopia (Αἰθιοπία) The lands south of Egypt, but also used as a vague term denoting any region in the southern reaches of the northern hemisphere.

Citations:

Antigonus 145

Nicolaus F12

Par. Flor. 17; 23

Par. Vat. 2

Links: Smith - Map

Etna (Αἴτνη) The famous volcanic mountain in Sicily.

Citations: MA 38b; 154

Links: Smith - Map

Etruria See Tyrrhenia.

Euboea (Εὔβοια) The largest Aegean island, lying off the coast of the middle part of the Greek mainland.

Citations:

Antigonus 78.4

MA 170

Links: Smith - Map

Euphrates (Εὐφράτης) One of the two great rivers of Mesopotamia, along with the Tigris.

Citations:

Apollonius 12

MA 150

Links: Smith - Map

Euripus (Εὔριπος) A narrow sea or strait where there are violent flows or tides. Often, though not exclusively, used of the strait separating Boeotia from Euboea (see above).

Citations: Antigonus 126b.1

Euxine Sea (Εὔξεινος) The Black Sea.

Citations:

Links: Smith - Map

Evenus (Εὔηνος) See Lycormas.