Ancient Greece

Ptolemy's Geography and Maps

He also was the first discoverer of the gnomon; and he placed some in Lacedaemon on the sun-dials there, as Favorinus says in his Universal History, and they showed the solstices and the equinoxes; he also made clocks. He was the first person, too, who drew a map of the earth and sea, and he also made a globe; Diogenes Laertius, Life of Anaximander...

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Maps of Greece

General map of Greece, maps of Greek islands and Athens, the capital of Greece. General information on archaeological Greek sites, beaches and other activities available at Greek islands and important mainland Greek areas worth of visiting. [Greece] [Maps and Geography]...

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Maps of Ancient Greek World

This page provides an index to the maps of Ancient Greece provided as background to the study of Plato and his dialogues. On all the maps, most names of locations are individually clickable to get to an entry providing information on the location (mythology, history, famous citizens, etc.) The available maps include : Map of Greek World, from Carth...

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Atlas of Ancient Greece

Richard Hooker, Washington State Univ. [Greece] [Maps and Geography]...

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Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology

This page collects links to internet resources of interest to classicists and Mediterranean archaeologists. [Greece] [Resources]...

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Hellenic Culture

Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Univ. of Patras [Greece] [Resources]...

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Interactive Map of Modern Greece

Click on the map or choose from the list in order to zoom in on a location in Greece. Go ahead learn more about our country! Athens, Attica & Saronic Gulf Islands Central Greece Crete Cyclades Islands Dodecanese Islands Evia & The Sporades Islands Ionian Islands Ipiros Macedonia North Aegean Islands Peloponnese & Kithira Island Thess...

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7 Wonders of the Ancient World

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are widely considered the greatest monuments of all time. Of the original seven, the Great Pyramid of Giza (shown at right) is the only one of the group still standing today. COLOSSUS OF RHODES, GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA, HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON, LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA, MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASS...

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Printable Maps of Greece

(in ZIP format) Elláda [Greece] [Maps and Geography]...

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Greece: Island Groups

Yahoo. Cyclades (Kyklades), Dodecanese, Ionian (Eptanese), Northeastern Aegean, Saronic Gulf, Sporades [Greece] [Maps and Geography]...

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