Cephissus. The ancient polis of Lilaea, and the modern village of Lilaia in Phocis, and the asteroid 213 Lilaea are named after her. Lilaia, a maenad named in...

Lilaea or Lilaia (Ancient Greek: Λίλαια), also Lilaeum or Lilaion (Λίλαιον), was one of the most important ancient Phocian towns, and a polis (city-state)...

Vistonida Anapodaris, Crete Cephissus into lake Yliki, Boeotia Kanianitis (in Lilaia) Olvios into the Feneos plains, Corinthia Ammites (stream; emptied into...

The existence of particular common political institutions on an inter-polis level is not directly attested in our sources, but it is highly likely that...

southern Greece with Thessaly and the rest of the Balkans. The city formed a polis (city-state). The city was therefore fortified in the 5th century BC, and...