ancient Greek colony

An ancient Greek colony is a settlement established by a Greek city-state in a foreign territory, maintaining political, cultural, and religious ties with its mother city while serving as a hub for trade, resource extraction, and territorial expansion.

Observed surface forms (7)

• ancient Greek city ×29
• Hellenistic city ×7
• ancient Greek city-state ×7
• Greek colony ×6
• Ionian city ×3
• ancient Greek toponym ×1
• settlement founded by Alexander the Great ×1

Instances (48)

• Feodosia
• Eleusis via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Epidaurus via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus) via concept surface "ancient Greek city-state"
  surface form: Corinth
• Teos via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Byzantium via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Nicaea via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Tarentum via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Sybaris via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Rhegion via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Croton via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Rhegium via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Cumae via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Locri Epizephyrii via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Catana via concept surface "Greek colony"
• Metapontum via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Zancle via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Gela via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Akragas via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Himera via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Sparta via concept surface "ancient Greek city-state"
• Naxos (Sicily) via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Phlius via concept surface "ancient Greek city-state"
• Corinth via concept surface "ancient Greek city-state"
• Thebes via concept surface "ancient Greek city-state"
• Miletus via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Pergamon via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Kerkinitis
• Panticapaeum via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Theodosia
• Selinus in Cilicia via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Troezen via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Clazomenae via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Sebaste via concept surface "Hellenistic city"
• Larisa (ancient city) via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Massilia
• Alexandria Eschate via concept surface "Hellenistic city"
• Alexandria in Arachosia via concept surface "Hellenistic city"
• Lampsacus via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Alexandria on the Indus via concept surface "Hellenistic city"
• Chersonesus Taurica archaeological site via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Pherae via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Demetrias via concept surface "ancient Greek city"
• Megara via concept surface "ancient Greek city-state"
• Sicyon via concept surface "ancient Greek city-state"
• Antioch on the Orontes via concept surface "Hellenistic city"
• Ai-Khanoum via concept surface "Hellenistic city"
• Kyrenaïkē via concept surface "ancient Greek toponym"
  surface form: Kyrenaikē