Return to gazetteer

Greece

Modern name
Greece
Modern country
Greece
The toponym Greece (Grecia) is generally only used in the Sfera maps to identify the western side of the Dardanelles, with the eastern side sometimes being labeled Turchia (see Asia Minor). It appears in the same group of ten manuscripts (and generally on the same map) as Thessalonica.
Coordinates
37.97, 23.72
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M062

Variant spellings of Greece in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
ghrecia Fn8
GRECIA Pnc5, Wie1
grecia Bos
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Greece.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/greece/.