Greek Titles and City States


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Greek Titles

Soter: Saviour Theos: God
Philopator: Father – Loving
Neos Dionysos: New Dionysos
Philadelphos: Brother – Loving
Asiatikos: From Asia
Epiphanes (Male): God manifest, illustrious
Epiphabeis (Female): God manifest, illustrious
Philometor: Mother – Loving
Euergetes (Male): The Benefactor
Euergetis (Female): The Benefactor
Eupator: Good father
Dikaios: (Male): The just or equitable
Dikaiosyne (Female): The just or equitable
Nikator: The victor Sidetes: From Sidetes
Kallinokos: Beautiful victor
Eusebes Philadelphos: Pius brother
Eusebes: Pius
Aetolikos: Of Aetolia
Anketor or Anicetus: The invincible
Auletes: The Flautist
Balas: Lord Barypos: Heavy foot
Cholos or Cholus: The Lame
Caesarion: Little Caesar
Doson: He who will give
Epimanes: The mad man
Etesias: Short lived like the winds of Etesia
Eukaeros or Eucaerus: Knock – knees
Grypor or Grypus: Hooknose
Keraunos or Ceraunus: Thunder
Kokke: Red
Ktistes or Ctistes: The founder
Kubiosaktes: Cutter of Tuna Fish
Kynegos or Cynegus: The hunter
Kyzikenos or Cyzicenus: From Cyzicenus
Lathyros: Chick Pea
Megas: The Great
Monopthalmos or Monopthalmus: The one eyed
Neos: The young
Nothos: The bastard
Philoromaeos: Lover of Rome
Physkon: Sausage, Potbelly or bladder
Polioketes or Poliorcets: The beseiger
Pythodorus: Gift of the Pythia
Thea: Goddess
Theos Philadelphos: God beloved of his brother
Theos Philopator: God beloved of his father
Theotropa: Like a goddess
Tryphon (Male): The magnificent
Tryhaena (Female): The magnificent

City States

NAXION: Naxos, Sicily
CEΛA: Gela, Sicily
KΛTΛNAION: Katana, Sicily
MEΣΣANION: Messana, Sicily

Northern Greece/Thrace

MENΔAON: Macedonia

Western/ Central Greece

A in field = Ambracia
Λ in field = Leukas

ΔEΛ: Delphi
ΛAPI: Larissa
ΘE: Thebes, Boeotia
AΘE: Athens
AI: Aigina
ΣINΩ: Sinope
EΦ: Ephesos
KΛE: Side

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