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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 Hellespont, 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
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364397
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 Bos, Con3, Fn6
GRECIA Ashb3, Med3, Pnc5, Wie1
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Greece.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/greece/.