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| [[Arcadia (utopia)|Arcadia]] || Mythological || A vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature, derived from the Greek province Arkadia which dates to antiquity.
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| [[Asphodel Meadows]] || Mythological || In Greek mythology, the section of the underworld where ordinary souls were sent to live after death.
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| [[Atlantis]] || Lost/Rumoured || The legendary (and almost archetypal) lost continent that was supposed to have sunk into the [[Atlantic Ocean]].
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| [[Cloud cuckoo land]] || Fiction/Playwright || A perfect city between the clouds in the play ''[[The Birds (play)|The Birds]]'' by [[Aristophanes]].
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| [[Chryse and Argyre]] || Misinformation || A pair of legendary islands, located in the [[Indian Ocean]] and said to be made of gold (chrysos) and silver (argyros).
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| [[Elysium]] (Elysian Fields) || Mythological || In [[Greek mythology]], the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous.
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| [[Fortunate Isles]]/Islands of the Blessed || Semi-
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| [[Garden of the Hesperides]] || Mythological || In Greek mythology, the sacred garden of Hera from where the gods got their immortality.
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| [[Hyperborea]] || Mythological || A land to the north in Greek mythology.
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| [[Laestrygon|Laistrygon]] || Fiction(?) || Home to a tribe of giant cannibals that Odysseus encountered on his way back home from the [[Trojan War]].▼
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| [[Meropis]] || || A gigantic island created purely as a parody of [[Plato]]'s [[Atlantis]].▼
▲| [[Laestrygon|Laistrygon]] || Home to a tribe of giant cannibals that Odysseus encountered on his way back home from the [[Trojan War]].
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| [[Mount Olympus]] || || "Olympos" was the name of the home of the [[Twelve Olympians|Twelve Olympian gods]] of the ancient Greek world.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Nigel|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece|publisher=Routledge|location=Abingdon, England|date=31 October 2005|page=516}}</ref>▼
▲| [[Meropis]] || A gigantic island created purely as a parody of [[Plato]]'s [[Atlantis]].
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| [[Nysa (mythology)|Nysa]] || || A beautiful valley full of [[nymphs]] in Greek mythology.▼
▲| [[Mount Olympus]] || "Olympos" was the name of the home of the [[Twelve Olympians|Twelve Olympian gods]] of the ancient Greek world.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Nigel|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece|publisher=Routledge|location=Abingdon, England|date=31 October 2005|page=516}}</ref>
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| [[Oceanus#Geography|Okeanos]] || || The cosmic river encircling the Earth in Ancient Greek cosmology, also sometimes depicted as one of the Titan gods.▼
▲| [[Nysa (mythology)|Nysa]] || A beautiful valley full of [[nymphs]] in Greek mythology.
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| [[Panchaia (island)|Panchaia]] /Pangaia || || A group of islands South of the Arabian peninsula inhabited by several tribes and rich with scented oils. Assumed by some to be the birthplace of the Olympian gods.▼
▲| [[Oceanus#Geography|Okeanos]] || The cosmic river encircling the Earth in Ancient Greek cosmology, also sometimes depicted as one of the Titan gods.
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| [[Tartarus|Tartaros]] || || In Greek mythology, a pit in the underworld for condemned souls.
▲| [[Panchaia (island)|Panchaia]] /Pangaia || A group of islands South of the Arabian peninsula inhabited by several tribes and rich with scented oils. Assumed by some to be the birthplace of the Olympian gods.
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