Examples of Greek cities that were named after Gods/Goddesses, and y were they? 10 pts. to the most in number!

Answer 1

every city in ancient greece had its special god that protected it. some were said to be founded by, or thanks to, some divinity, that thus was meant to protect the city.
so the temple of this god was very special in the city, though other gods were worshiped aswell.
instead, some mountains or islands were also named after gods. but in this case, the islands and mountains were the personification of the gods (normally they were far away from greece).

city_god

athens_athena
mount atlas_atlas
apollonia_apollo
herakleia_hercules
heliopolis_helios
nikaia_nike
pleiades(islands)_pleiades(7daughters of atlas)
posidonia(greek colony in southern italy)_poseidon

Answer 2

This doesn't answer your question about Greek cities, but this websitehas an extensive list of "Places in the U.S. named from mythology"

http://thanasis.com/modern/places.htm

Answer 3

I don't know too many, and I don't know why, but here is what I know.

Athens (she won a contest)
Iraklio (Hercules)
Aegina
Apollonia
Argus (Argos?)
Cythera
Delos
Lamia
Thebes
Pheobes

Answer 4

athens