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Metropolis
(1,797 words)

(μητρόπολις/mētrópolis, literally ‘mother city’).

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[1] Mother city of colonies in the era of the ‘Great’ Colonisation (c. 750-500 BC)

Since the so-called Great Colonisation (c. 750-500 BC, Colonization IV, cf. the overview there), in numerous Greek communities an oikistḗs (‘founder’) and further ápoi…

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Meier, Mischa (Bielefeld), Ameling, Walter (Jena), Strauch, Daniel (Berlin), Kramolisch, Herwig (Eppelheim), Meriç, Recep (Izmir) and Drew-Bear, Thomas (Lyon), “Metropolis”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 05 March 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e803450>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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