Megara
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Megara is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece. It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times
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View of the archaeological site
Megara by Vincenzo Coronelli, 1687
Young Mother from Megara by Théodore Jacques Ralli c. 1878
Chalcedon
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Chalcedon was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor. It was located to the south of Chrysopolis and almost directly opposite Byzantium across the Bosporus strait, in Europe. At present,
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…Megara founded Megara Hyblaea, a small polis north of Syracuse in Sicily. Megara then fought a war of independence with Corinth, and afterwards founded Chalcedon in 685 BC, as well as Byzantium (c. 667 BC). Megara is known to have early ties with Miletos, which is located within the region of Caria in Asia Minor…
The Church of St. Euphemia, which serves as the Greek Orthodox cathedral of the Metropolitan Diocese, was named after Saint Euphemia the All-praised, a virgin martyr who died in Chalcedon for her faith in 303 AD
Funerary stele from the 1st century BC
Small silver jug from Chalcedon
Nicetas of Chalcedon