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The "metropolis" was any city of the Greek mainland, which practically functioned as a mother-city and sent inhabitants to the new colony. In some cases there were more than one mother-cities, that could be either cities of the Greek mainland (e.g. Tanagra and Megara which founded Heraclea Pontica), or newly founded colonies (e.g. Corcyra -a colony founded by Corinth- which founded Epidamnus). Or it could be a combination of both (e.g. Corcyra -newly founded colony- and Corinth, which founded Apollonia in Illyria and Megara, Byzantium and Chalcedon, which founded Messembria on the Black Sea). |
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