Greece

• Athens
  • Parthenon — Temple of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens; Lacordaire describes dwelling at its foot as a figure of the enduring power of classical history
• Athens — Ancient Greek city where Sts. Basil and Gregory Nazianzen studied eloquence and philosophy
• Corinth — Major Greek city on the isthmus connecting the Peloponnese to the mainland; received Paul's preaching
• Delphi — Sacred city in central Greece; site of the oracle of Apollo; the tomb of Dionysius (Liber) is said to be at Delphi near the golden Apollo
• Marathon — Plain in Attica; site of the famous battle (490 BC) where the Athenians defeated the Persians
• Nicopolis — City in western Greece (Epirus); a sixth anonymous translation of Scripture was found in jars there under Emperor Alexander
• Patmos — Aegean island where St. John was exiled and received the visions of the Apocalypse
• Rhodes — Greek island in the Aegean Sea; Aeschines lived in exile at Rhodes, where he heard Demosthenes' famous oration read aloud
• Salamis — Island near Athens; site of the naval battle (480 BC) where the Greeks defeated the Persians
• Thebes — Ancient Greek city in Boeotia; Cadmus reigned there in the 160th year after Moses; Linus of Thebes and Amphion flourished as musicians
• Thessaly — Region in central Greece; in the chronology of Moses, the flood of Deucalion occurred there in the 67th year of Moses