Magna Graecia

Taranto (; ), historically also called Tarent in English, is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Taranto, serving as an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base. With a population of 185,909 as of 2025, Taranto is the second-largest city in Apulia.

historical region in Italy

dialect of Italiot Greek

variety of Italiot Greek spoken by the Griko people in Calabria

thumb|Coin minted under Mamertine rule, depicting a warrior

helmet used in Ancient Greece

thumb|upright=1.4|Pinax on the south wall of the exedra in the House of the Prince of Naples in Pompeii In the modern study of the culture of ancient Greece and Magna Graecia, a pinax (Greek: πίναξ; : pinakes, πίνακες, meaning 'board') is a votive tablet of painted wood, or terracotta, marble or bronze relief that served as a votive object deposited in a sanctuary or as a memorial affixed within a burial chamber. Such pinakes feature in the classical collections of most comprehensive museums.

son of Poseidon in Greek mythology

Bovesia, otherwise known as Grecìa Calabra (Calabrian Greece) or in Calabrian Greek: , is one of the two remaining Griko-speaking areas in southern Italy, the other being Grecìa Salentina. It is located at the tip of Calabria, near Reggio, and consists of nine villages. Its population is significantly smaller than that of Grecìa Salentina.

burlesque dramatic form that developed in the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia in the 4th century BCE

In ancient Greece, the Partheniae or Parthenians (in Greek / hoi Partheníai, literally “sons of virgins”, i.e. unmarried young girls) were a lower-ranking Spartiate population which, according to tradition, left Laconia to go to Magna Graecia and founded Taras, modern Taranto, in the current region of Apulia, in southern Italy.

ancient Greek city of Agrigento

language

Period of Sicilian history

battle between Syracuse and the Italiote League (389 BC)

ancient league of Greek city-states in southern Italy