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    Default Names for Hegemony: Gold

    Hello, good friends of EB!

    I am doing some very minor modding of the game "Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece" the expansion of "Hegemony: Philip of Macedon", by changing the names of factions and cities to their realistic equivalents; more or less inspired by EB.

    I have almost no knowledge of the Ancient Greek language, but I've been wracking my brain and using translators, greeklish converters, google, wikipedia and such to try and get the names right. The cities aren't giving me too much trouble, but the faction names are really stumping me. Therefore I'd like to ask any kind soul here who'd be willing to give me a few moments of their time, if these are at all correct.

    I have completely left out diacritics, because as far as I can tell the game only supports some of them, while other characters are left blank.

    Bold is the original game name, italic my attempts at naming:

    Acarnanian League - Koinon Akarnanion
    Achaean League - Koinon Akhaion
    Aetolian League - Koinon Aitolion
    Arcadian League - Koinon Arkadion
    Argolis(Argolid Federation) - Argolis
    Athenian Empire - Koinon Delion
    Balkan Mountain Tribes -
    Boeotian League - Koinon Boiotion
    Central Odrysian Kingdom -
    Chalcidian League - Koinon Khalkidikon
    Corinthia(Corinthian Alliance) - Korinthia
    Crete - Krete
    Danube Valley Tribes -
    Eastern Odrysian Kingdom -
    Elean League - Koinon Elion
    Illyrians - Illyrioi
    Kingdom of Epirus - Epeiros
    Kingdom of Macedonia - Makedonia)
    Lacedaemonians - Lakedaimon
    Paeonia - Paionia
    Persian Empire - Haxamanishiya
    Phocian League(Phocians) - Koinon Phokion
    Thessalian League - Koinon Thessalikoinon
    Tyrants of Pherae - maybe Tyrannaios ton Pheron?
    Western Odrysian Kingdom -

    What I have for the Seas:
    Adriatic Sea -
    Aegean Sea - Aigaion Pelagos
    Black Sea - Euxeinos Pontos
    Cretan Sea - Kretaion Pelagos
    Ionian Sea - Ionon Pelagos
    Thracian Sea - Thraikion Pelagos

    May I also ask what the Greeks might have called the Adriatic Sea?

    Thanks for any help you might be able to give. I really do appreciate it.

    Edit: Updated the list to include all factions and seas. I apologize that some are still unnamed.
    Last edited by Anglom; 10-20-2011 at 07:03.

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    Link the mod when you are done with it. I'm quite tired of some of the really silly aspects of it.
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    Default Re: Names for Hegemony: Gold

    I will definitely try and post what I do get.

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    I think Koinon is the proper term, also on paper I believe the athenian "empire" was called Delian League and the Spartans' Peloponnesian League...

    Symmachia meant only a military alliance iirc...
    Last edited by Arjos; 10-15-2011 at 03:59.

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    Default Re: Names for Hegemony: Gold

    Quote Originally Posted by Arjos View Post
    I think Koinon is the proper term, also on paper I believe the athenian "empire" was called Delian League and the Spartans' Peloponnesian...

    Symmachia meant only a military alliance iirc...
    So the Athenian Empire might be 'Koinon ton Athenaion' or 'Koinon ton Delion'?

    I was never really sure what the actual word was that 'league' stands in for, so I went with a lead (symmachia) that a Modern Greek translation gave me.

    Thank you for the reply.

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    Default Re: Names for Hegemony: Gold

    Quote Originally Posted by antisocialmunky View Post
    Link the mod when you are done with it. I'm quite tired of some of the really silly aspects of it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anglom View Post
    So the Athenian Empire might be 'Koinon ton Athenaion' or 'Koinon ton Delion'?

    I was never really sure what the actual word was that 'league' stands in for, so I went with a lead (symmachia) that a Modern Greek translation gave me.

    Thank you for the reply.
    Koinon Delion. Like Koinon Hellenon? It's the same methinks. It's not League of the... It's League Something-ian Koinon Something-on. Same with Boiotian, Koinon Boiotion.

    If Makedonia is a female noun, then I imagine it is Basileia tes Makedonia, or Basileia? I'm not that good on that aspect.

    Koinon Pelloponesson? For Sparta? Koinon Thessalikoinon? Same stuff here.

    Tyrannaios ton Pheron? I seriously don't know here.

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