Graea

Graia (Greek Γραία ) was an ancient Greek settlement in Boeotia.

Their exact location is unknown; maybe it is the current Tanagra. The place has a special meaning in so far as he is considered by some historians as the source for the term " Greek". According to this theory, the founder of the southern Italian colony of Neapolis (Naples) from Graia come and were designated accordingly by the Latins as " Graeci "; the entire space of the Greek colonies in southern Italy was called " Magna Graecia " and later called " Graeci " on the inhabitants of the Greek peninsula was transferred themselves who called themselves Hellenes ( and name ).

• Ancient Greek City