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This is a list of ancient Greek poleis around the Mediterranean world, arranged geographically. It does not list all the Greek settlements of the ancient world, just those organised around a polis structure and attested during the Archaic and Classical eras. Cities founded during the Hellenistic era are not listed here, as they were most likely not independent city-states like the Classical poleis. Moreover, not all the poleis listed here were ethnically Greek, as several indigenous peoples became Hellenised at the contact of the Greeks and adopted their culture, including the polis organisation, such as the Sicels in Sicily.

The list, and the spelling of ancient names follow the collective work directed by Mogens Herman Hansen, Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis.

Greek colonies
Hellenised indigenous cities

Cyclades
Sometimes an island was shared between several cities.