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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.

Halex See Alex.

Halicarnassus (Ἁλικαρνασσός) Greek city on coast of Asia Minor.

Citations: Apollonius 13

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Halus, Alus (Ἅλος, Ἄλος) A city in Thessaly.

Citations: Antigonus 138

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Helice (Ἑλίκη) A river in south-eastern Sicily.

Citations: MA 3

Links: Smith - Map

Helorus (Ἕλωρος) A river in Sicily.

Citations: Nymphodorus F5

Links: Smith - Map

Heracleia (Ἡράκλεια) City founded by the Megarians in Bithynia.

Citations: MA 73

Links: Smith [No. 4] - Princeton - Map

Heraclean Way (Ἠράκλεια ὁδός) An ancient road through the South of France; later the Via Domitia.

Citations: MA 85

Hesaenus See Messapium.

Hierapolis (Ἱεράπολις) City in Phrygia.

Citations: Par. Vat. 11; 36

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Hieron oros (Ἱερὸν ὄρος) 'Sacred Mountain', Mount Ganos in Thrace, near the Sea of Marmara.

Citations: Antigonus 129.1

Links: Smith - Map

Himera (Ἱμέρα, Ἱμέρας) A river in Sicily.

Citations: Antigonus 133.3

Links: Smith [No 1] - Map

Histiaeotis (Ἱστιαιῶτις) A district of Euboea.

Citations: Antigonus 78.4

Links: Smith - Map

Hollow Cave (Γλαφυρὸν σπήλαιον) A cave in Demonesus.

Citations: MA 59

Hyccara (Ὕκκαρα) A town in Sicily.

Citations: Nymphodorus F1

Links: Smith - Map

Hypanis (Ὕπανις) A river in the Cimmerian Bosporos, the modern Southern Bug River.

Citations: Antigonus 85

Links: Smith - Map