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Zakynthos ( also named in Italian ___MASK42___ " Zante " or " Zacinto ") is a city and a former ___MASK56___ on the ___MASK45___ of Zakynthos , Ionian Islands , Greece . Since the 2011 local ___MASK68___ reform it is part of the ___MASK56___ Zakynthos , of which it is a municipal unit . It is the capital of the ___MASK45___ of Zakynthos . Apart from the official name Zakynthos , it is also called Chora ( i . e . the Town ), a common ___MASK72___ in Greece when the name of the ___MASK45___ itself is the same as the name of the ___MASK33___ town . ___MASK75___ is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks , concerning their gods and ___MASK98___ , the nature of the world , and the origins and significance of their own ___MASK100___ and ritual practices . It was a part of the ___MASK20___ in ancient Greece . Modern scholars refer to and study the myths in an attempt to shed light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece and its civilization , and to gain understanding of the nature of myth - making itself . Athens (" Athína " ) is the ___MASK50___ and largest city of Greece . Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world ' s oldest cities , with its recorded ___MASK34___ spanning over 3 , 400 years , and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC . Classical Athens was a powerful city - state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus , which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with Athens . A centre for the arts , learning and philosophy , home of Plato ' s Academy and Aristotle ' s Lyceum , it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy , largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European ___MASK53___ , and in particular the Romans . In modern times , Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic , financial , industrial , maritime , political and cultural life in Greece . In 2015 , Athens was ranked the world ' s 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study . The ___MASK41___ wave magnitude ( formula_1 ) scale is one of the magnitude scales used in seismology to describe the size of an ___MASK69___ . It is based on measurements in Rayleigh ___MASK41___ waves that travel primarily along the uppermost layers of the Earth . It is currently used in People ' s Republic of China as a national standard ( GB 17740 - 1999 ) for categorising earthquakes . The 1953 Ionian ___MASK69___ ( also known as the Great Kefalonia ___MASK69___ ) struck the southern Ionian Islands in Greece on August 12 . In mid - August there were over 113 recorded earthquakes in the region between Kefalonia and Zakynthos , and the most destructive was the August 12 ___MASK69___ . The event measured 7 . 2 on the surface wave magnitude scale , and it raised up the whole island of Kefalonia by , and caused widespread damage throughout the islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos . Thessaloniki is the second - largest ___MASK82___ in Greece and the ___MASK50___ of Greek Macedonia , the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace . Its nickname is   (" Symprotévousa "), literally " the co - ___MASK50___ ", a ___MASK43___ to its historical status as the  (" Symvasilévousa ") or " co - reigning " ___MASK82___ of the Eastern Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire , alongside Constantinople . Katastari is a ___MASK62___ and a ___MASK19___ in the Alykes municipal unit of the island Zakynthos , Greece . It is situated at the foot of the Vrachionas mountain , 2 km from the Ionian ___MASK1___ coast . It is located 13 kilometers northwest of Zakynthos City and 10 km southeast of Volimes . In 2011 , the population of Katastari was 1 , 378 inhabitants . Ano Gerakari ( Greek :   ) is a hilltop ___MASK62___ and a ___MASK19___ in the municipal unit of Alykes on the island of Zakynthos , Greece . In 2001 its population was 195 for the ___MASK62___ and 720 for the ___MASK19___ , which includes the villages Alonia and Kastelia . Ano Gerakari is adjacent to the northwest of Meso Gerakari , 4 km east of Katastari and 9 km northwest of Zakynthos city . It suffered great damage from the 1953 Ionian ___MASK69___ . With 521 inhabitants in 2001 , Alonia is the largest ___MASK62___ of the ___MASK19___ . It lies northwest of Ano Gerakari , at the foot of the hill . Alikanas is a ___MASK62___ in the municipal unit of Alykes situated on the northeastern coast about 10 km northwest of Zakynthos ( ___MASK82___ ) on the ___MASK45___ of Zakynthos , Greece . It is situated from the neighbouring ___MASK62___ of Alykes , on the Ionian coast . The Ionian ___MASK1___ (, , ) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean ___MASK1___ , south of the Adriatic ___MASK1___ . It is bounded by southern Italy including Calabria , Sicily , and the Salento peninsula to the west , southern Albania to the north , and the west coast of Greece . In ___MASK75___ , Dardanus ( Greek :  ) was a son of Zeus and Electra , daughter of Atlas , and founder of ___MASK59___ of Dardanus at the foot of Mount Ida in the Troad . Greece (' ), officially the Hellenic ___MASK64___ ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . Greece ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s ___MASK50___ and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Zakynthos or Zante ( from Venetian ) is a Greek ___MASK45___ in the Ionian ___MASK1___ . It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands . Zakynthos is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region , and its only ___MASK56___ . It covers an area of and its coastline is roughly in length . The name , like all similar names ending in - nthos , is pre - Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin . In Greek mythology the ___MASK45___ was said to be named after Zakynthos , the son of a legendary Arcadian chief Dardanus . Arcadia (" Arkadía ") is one of the regional units of Greece . It is ___MASK7___ of the ___MASK89___ of Peloponnese . It is situated in the central and eastern ___MASK7___ of the Peloponnese peninsula . It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas . In Greek mythology , it was the home of the ___MASK22___ Pan . In European Renaissance arts , Arcadia was celebrated as an unspoiled , harmonious wilderness . Europe is a ___MASK53___ that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " ___MASK53___ " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the ___MASK53___ ' s current overland boundaries . The Ionian Islands ( Modern Greek : ; Ancient Greek , Katharevousa : ) are a ___MASK21___ of islands in Greece . They are traditionally called the Heptanese , i . e . " the ___MASK23___ Islands " ( or ), but the ___MASK21___ includes many smaller islands as well as the ___MASK23___ ___MASK33___ ones . As a distinct historic region they date to the centuries - long Venetian rule , which preserved them from becoming part of the Ottoman Empire , and created a distinct cultural identity with many Italian influences . The Ionian Islands became part of the modern Greek state in 1864 . Administratively today they belong to the Ionian Islands Region except for Kythera , which belongs to the Attica Region . The euro ( ___MASK26___ : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European Union : Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , ___MASK30___ , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . Alykes is a former ___MASK56___ on the ___MASK45___ of Zakynthos , Ionian Islands , Greece . Since the 2011 local ___MASK68___ reform it is part of the ___MASK56___ Zakynthos , of which it is a municipal unit . It is situated along the northeastern coast of the ___MASK45___ , about northwest of Zakynthos ( city ). It has a land area of and a population of 5 , 203 ( 2011 census ). The seat of the ___MASK56___ was in Katastari ( pop . 1 , 378 ). The next largest towns in the ___MASK56___ are Skoulikádo ( pop . 653 ), Agios Dimitrios ( 531 ), Pigadákia ( 431 ), Alikanas ( 441 ), and Káto Gerakári ( 347 ). Meso Gerakari is a ___MASK62___ in the municipal unit of Alykes on the ___MASK45___ Zakynthos , Greece . According to a 2001 ___MASK39___ , Meso Gerakari contained approximately 402 inhabitants . Volimes , is a ___MASK62___ and a ___MASK19___ in the mountainous northwestern part of the island of Zakynthos . It was the seat of the ___MASK56___ of Elatia . In 2011 its population was 406 for the ___MASK62___ , and 571 for the ___MASK19___ , which includes the villages Agios Nikolaos ( pop . 30 ), Askos ( pop . 31 ), Varvara ( pop . 30 ), Elies ( pop . 26 ), Korithi ( pop . 48 ) and the uninhabited islet Agios Andreas . Volimes is located ___MASK87___ km west of Ano Volimes , 3 km north of Anafonitria and 23 km northwest of Zakynthos ( city ). It is close to the Ionian ___MASK1___ coast , and 7 km southwest of the island ' s northernmost point Cape Skinari . The ___MASK62___ suffered great damage from the 1953 Ionian ___MASK69___ .