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id="toc-Classical_Age" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Classical_Age"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Classical Age</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Classical_Age-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democracy_in_Megara" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democracy_in_Megara"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Democracy in Megara</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democracy_in_Megara-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Road" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Road"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Road</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Road-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Rail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Air</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Municipality" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Municipality"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Municipality</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Municipality-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Districts_and_suburbs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Districts_and_suburbs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Districts and suburbs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Districts_and_suburbs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Population" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Population"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Facilities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Facilities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Facilities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Facilities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%9C%E1%8C%8B%E1%88%AB" title="ሜጋራ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ሜጋራ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7" title="ميغارا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ميغارا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1" title="Մեղարա – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Մեղարա" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meqara" title="Meqara – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Meqara" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Мегара – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мегара" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara_(k%C3%AAr)" title="Megara (kêr) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Megara (kêr)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9gara" title="Mégara – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Mégara" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AD%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1" title="Μέγαρα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μέγαρα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9gara" title="Mégara – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mégara" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_(%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1)" title="مگارا (شهر) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مگارا (شهر)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9gare" title="Mégare – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mégare" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9gara,_Grecia" title="Mégara, Grecia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mégara, Grecia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EA%B0%80%EB%9D%BC" title="메가라 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메가라" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%A3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1" title="Մեգարա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մեգարա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara_(citt%C3%A0_moderna)" title="Megara (città moderna) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Megara (città moderna)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%94" title="מגארה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מגארה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="მეგარა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მეგარა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara_(Attika)" title="Megara (Attika) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Megara (Attika)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Мегара – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Мегара" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%89" title="مى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara_(stad)" title="Megara (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Megara (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A9" title="メガラ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="メガラ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9gara" title="Mégara – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Mégara" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara_shahri" title="Megara shahri – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Megara shahri" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara_(miasto)" title="Megara (miasto) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Megara (miasto)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9gara" title="Mégara – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mégara" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Română" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara" title="Megara – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Megara" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Мегара – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Мегара" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" 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.infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 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.infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:270px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:270px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:270px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greece_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Megara is located in Greece"><img alt="Megara is located in Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/330px-Greece_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/500px-Greece_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Greece_location_map.svg/960px-Greece_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1003" data-file-height="825" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:54.103%;left:39.3%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Megara"><img alt="Megara" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Megara</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:line; margin-top:2px"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="font-size:115%; height:auto; padding-right:2em;">Location within the region</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2011_Dimos_Megareon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/2011_Dimos_Megareon.png/250px-2011_Dimos_Megareon.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/2011_Dimos_Megareon.png/375px-2011_Dimos_Megareon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/2011_Dimos_Megareon.png/500px-2011_Dimos_Megareon.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1115" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Megara&params=37_59_47_N_23_20_40_E_type:city(38033)_region:GR-I"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°59′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">23°20′40″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.99639°N 23.34444°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.99639; 23.34444</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Greece" title="Regions of Greece">Administrative region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Attica_(region)" title="Attica (region)">Attica</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">Regional unit</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Attica" title="West Attica">West Attica</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Panagiotis Margetis<sup id="cite_ref-mayor_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (since 2023)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Municipality</div></th><td class="infobox-data">330.1 km<sup>2</sup> (127.5 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipal unit</th><td class="infobox-data">322.2 km<sup>2</sup> (124.4 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">4 m (13 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-census21_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census21-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Municipality</div></th><td class="infobox-data">38,033</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">120/km<sup>2</sup> (300/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipal unit<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">30,773</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipal unit density</th><td class="infobox-data">96/km<sup>2</sup> (250/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Community<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">29,122</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Greece" title="Postal codes in Greece">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">191 00</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Greece" title="Telephone numbers in Greece">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">22960</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.megara.gr">www.megara.gr</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Megara</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Μέγαρα</span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="el-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Greek" title="Help:IPA/Greek">[ˈmeɣaɾa]</a></span>) is a historic town and a municipality in <a href="/wiki/West_Attica" title="West Attica">West Attica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>. It lies in the northern section of the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Corinth" title="Isthmus of Corinth">Isthmus of Corinth</a> opposite the island of <a href="/wiki/Salamis_Island" title="Salamis Island">Salamis</a>, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Megara was one of the four districts of Attica, embodied in the four mythic sons of King <a href="/wiki/Pandion_II" title="Pandion II">Pandion II</a>, of whom <a href="/wiki/Nisos" title="Nisos">Nisos</a> was the ruler of Megara. Megara was also a trade port, its people using their ships and wealth as a way to gain leverage on armies of neighboring poleis. Megara specialized in the exportation of wool and other animal products including livestock such as horses. It possessed two harbors, <a href="/wiki/Pagae" title="Pagae">Pagae</a> to the west on the <a href="/wiki/Corinthian_Gulf" class="mw-redirect" title="Corinthian Gulf">Corinthian Gulf</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nisaea" title="Nisaea">Nisaea</a> to the east on the <a href="/wiki/Saronic_Gulf" title="Saronic Gulf">Saronic Gulf</a> of the Aegean Sea. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Megara4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Megara4.jpg/220px-Megara4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Megara4.jpg/330px-Megara4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Megara4.jpg/440px-Megara4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption>View of the archaeological site</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_Bronze">Late Bronze</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Late Bronze"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mycenaean_period">Mycenaean period</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mycenaean period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Late Bronze Age, Megara features prominently as a small kingdom in the myths and legends of <a href="/wiki/Homer" title="Homer">Homer</a>. Megara emerged between two fortified ports, Nisaea on the Saronic Gulf and Pagae on the Gulf of Corinth, on two acropolises Karia and Alkathos. However, Megara at this point remains more mythical until it started expanding in Iron II. </p><p>In Greek mythology, <a href="/wiki/Nisos" title="Nisos">Nisus</a> was a King of Megara and son of king <a href="/wiki/Pandion_II" title="Pandion II">Pandion II</a> of Athens, and gave his name to the port Nisaea. Pandion II had married Pylia, daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Pylas" title="Pylas">Pylas</a> of Megara. Pylas was the son of Cteson, son of <a href="/wiki/Lelex_(king_of_Megara)" title="Lelex (king of Megara)">Lelex</a>. Megara was the capital in <a href="/wiki/Megaris" title="Megaris">Megaris</a>. </p><p><b>Archaeology</b>. Megara is considered a Mycenaean fortified site. Myths suggests the seat of a petty king with a megaron. However, modern buildings obscure the remains and only some ruins have been found. Isolated blocks of Cyclopean walls were first found on the upper part of the hill by Fimmen and later by Field.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A palace here would command the costal plain and valley towards the north-east.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iron_Age">Iron Age</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Iron Age"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" title="Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a>, the Megarians said that their town owed its origin to <a href="/wiki/Car_(Greek_mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Car (Greek mythology)">Car</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Phoroneus" title="Phoroneus">Phoroneus</a>, who built the citadel called 'Caria' and the temples of <a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demeter</a> called Megara, from which the place derived its name.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In historical times, Megara was an early dependency of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Corinth" title="Ancient Corinth">Corinth</a>, in which capacity colonists from Megara founded <a href="/wiki/Megara_Hyblaea" title="Megara Hyblaea">Megara Hyblaea</a>, a small <i>polis</i> north of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Syracuse, Italy">Syracuse</a> in Sicily. Megara then fought a war of independence with Corinth, and afterwards founded <a href="/wiki/Chalcedon" title="Chalcedon">Chalcedon</a> in 685 BC, as well as <a href="/wiki/Byzantium" title="Byzantium">Byzantium</a> (c. 667 BC). </p><p>Megara is known to have early ties with <a href="/wiki/Miletos" class="mw-redirect" title="Miletos">Miletos</a>, which is located within the region of <a href="/wiki/Caria" title="Caria">Caria</a> in Asia Minor. According to some scholars, they had built up a "colonisation alliance". In the 7th/6th century BCE these two cities acted in concordance with each other.<sup id="cite_ref-Herda_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herda-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both cities acted under the leadership and sanction of an <a href="/wiki/Apollo" title="Apollo">Apollo</a> oracle. Megara cooperated with that of Delphi. Miletos had her own oracle of Apollo Didymeus Milesios in <a href="/wiki/Didyma" title="Didyma">Didyma</a>. Also, there are many parallels in the political organisation of both cities.<sup id="cite_ref-Herda_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herda-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 7th century BC <a href="/wiki/Theagenes_of_Megara" title="Theagenes of Megara">Theagenes</a> established himself as tyrant of Megara by slaughtering the cattle of the rich to win over the poor.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arguably the most famous citizen of Megara in antiquity was <a href="/wiki/Byzas" title="Byzas">Byzas</a>, the legendary founder of <a href="/wiki/Byzantium" title="Byzantium">Byzantium</a> in the 7th century BC. The 6th century BC poet <a href="/wiki/Theognis_of_Megara" title="Theognis of Megara">Theognis</a> also came from Megara. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_Persian_Invasion">Second Persian Invasion</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second Persian Invasion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) Megara fought alongside the Spartans and Athenians at crucial battles such as <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis" title="Battle of Salamis">Salamis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plataea" title="Battle of Plataea">Plataea</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_Peloponnesian_War">First Peloponnesian War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First Peloponnesian War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Megara defected from the Spartan-dominated <a href="/wiki/Peloponnesian_League" title="Peloponnesian League">Peloponnesian League</a> (c. 460 BC) to the Delian league due to border disputes with its neighbour Corinth; this defection was one of the causes of the <a href="/wiki/First_Peloponnesian_War" title="First Peloponnesian War">First Peloponnesian War</a> (460 – c. 445 BC). By the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_Peace" title="Thirty Years' Peace">Thirty Years' Peace</a> of 446–445 BC Megara was forced to return to the Peloponnesian League. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_Peloponnesian_War">Second Peloponnesian War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Second Peloponnesian War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the (second) <a href="/wiki/Peloponnesian_War" title="Peloponnesian War">Peloponnesian War</a> (c. 431 – 404 BC), Megara was an ally of <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Megarian_decree" class="mw-redirect" title="Megarian decree">Megarian decree</a> is considered to be one of several contributing "causes" of the Peloponnesian War.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Athens issued the Megarian decree, which banned Megarian merchants from territory controlled by Athens; its aim was to constrict the Megarian economy. The Athenians claimed that they were responding to the Megarians' desecration of the <i><a href="/wiki/Hiera_Orgas" title="Hiera Orgas">Hiera Orgas</a></i>, a sacred precinct in the border region between the two states. </p><p>In the early 4th century BC, <a href="/wiki/Euclid_of_Megara" title="Euclid of Megara">Euclid of Megara</a> founded the <a href="/wiki/Megarian_school_of_philosophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Megarian school of philosophy">Megarian school of philosophy</a> which flourished for about a century, famous for the use of <a href="/wiki/Logic" title="Logic">logic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dialectic" title="Dialectic">dialectic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classical_Age">Classical Age</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Classical Age"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the Celtic invasion in 279 BC, Megara sent a force of 400 <a href="/wiki/Peltast" title="Peltast">peltasts</a> (light infantrymen) to <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae_(279_BC)" title="Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC)">Thermopylae</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Chremonidean_War" title="Chremonidean War">Chremonidean War</a>, in 266 BC, the Megarians were besieged by the Macedonian king <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_Gonatas" class="mw-redirect" title="Antigonus Gonatas">Antigonus Gonatas</a> and managed to defeat his elephants employing <a href="/wiki/War_pig" title="War pig">burning pigs</a>. Despite this success, the Megarians had to submit to the Macedonians. </p><p>In 243 BC, exhorted by <a href="/wiki/Aratus_of_Sicyon" title="Aratus of Sicyon">Aratus of Sicyon</a>, Megara expelled its <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonian</a> garrison and joined the <a href="/wiki/Achaean_League" title="Achaean League">Achaean League</a>, but when the Achaeans lost control of the Isthmus in 223 BC the Megarians left them and joined the <a href="/wiki/Boeotian_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeotian League">Boeotian League</a>. Not more than thirty years later, however, the Megarians grew tired of the Boeotian decline and returned their allegiance to Achaea. The Achaean strategos <a href="/wiki/Philopoemen" title="Philopoemen">Philopoemen</a> fought off the Boeotian intervention force and secured Megara's return, either in 203 or in 193 BC. </p><p>According to Plutarch, Megarians tried to unleash lions against the besieging Roman troops guided by <a href="/wiki/Quintus_Fufius_Calenus" title="Quintus Fufius Calenus">Quintus Fufius Calenus</a> around 48 BC, but the animals "rushed among the unarmed citizens themselves and preyed upon them as they ran hither and thither, so that even to the enemy the sight was a pitiful one".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Megara_-_Coronelli_Vincenzo_-_1687.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Megara_-_Coronelli_Vincenzo_-_1687.jpg/250px-Megara_-_Coronelli_Vincenzo_-_1687.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Megara_-_Coronelli_Vincenzo_-_1687.jpg/330px-Megara_-_Coronelli_Vincenzo_-_1687.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Megara_-_Coronelli_Vincenzo_-_1687.jpg/500px-Megara_-_Coronelli_Vincenzo_-_1687.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="604" /></a><figcaption>Megara by <a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Coronelli" title="Vincenzo Coronelli">Vincenzo Coronelli</a>, 1687</figcaption></figure> <p>The Megarians were proverbial for their generosity in building and endowing temples. <a href="/wiki/Saint_Jerome" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Jerome">Saint Jerome</a> reports "There is a common saying about the Megarians [...:] 'They build as if they are to live forever; they live as if they are to die tomorrow.'"<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Greeks used the proverb "worthy of the Megarians share" (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Τῆς Μεγαρέων ἄξιοι μερίδος</span>), meaning dishonorable/dishonored.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Democracy_in_Megara">Democracy in Megara</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Democracy in Megara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2_1862_photo_nike_of_megara.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2_1862_photo_nike_of_megara.jpg/250px-2_1862_photo_nike_of_megara.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2_1862_photo_nike_of_megara.jpg/330px-2_1862_photo_nike_of_megara.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2_1862_photo_nike_of_megara.jpg/500px-2_1862_photo_nike_of_megara.jpg 2x" data-file-width="638" data-file-height="399" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Nike_of_Megara" title="Nike of Megara">Nike of Megara</a></i>, large statue of the goddess <a href="/wiki/Nike_(mythology)" title="Nike (mythology)">Nike</a> found at Megara in 1820.</figcaption></figure> <p>Megara seems to have experienced democracy on two occasions. The first was between 427 BC, when there was a democratic uprising, and 424 BC, when a narrow oligarchy was installed (Thuc. 3.68.3; 4.66-8, 73–4). The second was in the 370s BC, when we hear that the people of Megara expelled some anti-democratic conspirators (Diod. 15.40.4). By the 350s BC, though, <a href="/wiki/Isocrates" title="Isocrates">Isocrates</a> is referring to Megara in terms that suggests that it was an oligarchy again (Isoc. 8.117-19). </p><p>One of the first actions of the new oligarchy in 424 BC was to compel the people to vote openly, which suggests that the democracy had made use of the <a href="/wiki/Secret_ballot" title="Secret ballot">secret ballot</a>. Megarian democracy also made use of <a href="/wiki/Ostracism" title="Ostracism">ostracism</a>. Other key institutions of the democracy included a popular Assembly and Council, and a board of five (or six) generals.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Plutarch" title="Plutarch">Plutarch</a>, Megara was also a democracy in the 6th century BC. The measures said to be implemented by the radical government included making interest-bearing loans illegal and forcing creditors to <a href="/wiki/History_of_debt_relief" title="History of debt relief">return the interest they had collected</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While some historians accept the existence of democracy in the archaic period, others consider the story to reflect the later anti-democratic political thought.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Megara is located in the westernmost part of <a href="/wiki/Attica_(region)" title="Attica (region)">Attica</a>, near the <a href="/wiki/Megara_Gulf" title="Megara Gulf">Megara Gulf</a>, a bay of the <a href="/wiki/Saronic_Gulf" title="Saronic Gulf">Saronic Gulf</a>. The coastal plain around Megara is referred to as <a href="/wiki/Megaris" title="Megaris">Megaris</a>, which is also the name of the ancient city state centered on Megara. Megara is 8 km west of <a href="/wiki/Nea_Peramos" title="Nea Peramos">Nea Peramos</a>, 18 km west of <a href="/wiki/Elefsina" title="Elefsina">Elefsina</a>, 19 km east of <a href="/wiki/Agioi_Theodoroi" title="Agioi Theodoroi">Agioi Theodoroi</a>, 34 km west of <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> and 37 km east of <a href="/wiki/Corinth" title="Corinth">Corinth</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/A8_motorway_(Greece)" title="A8 motorway (Greece)">A8 motorway</a> connects Megara with <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corinth" title="Corinth">Corinth</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Megara_railway_station" title="Megara railway station">Megara railway station</a> is served by <a href="/wiki/Proastiakos" title="Proastiakos">Proastiakos</a> suburban trains to Athens and <a href="/wiki/Kiato" title="Kiato">Kiato</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a small military airfield south of the town, <a href="/wiki/ICAO" class="mw-redirect" title="ICAO">ICAO</a> code LGMG.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipality">Municipality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Municipality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2010_Dimos_Megareon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/2010_Dimos_Megareon.svg/220px-2010_Dimos_Megareon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/2010_Dimos_Megareon.svg/330px-2010_Dimos_Megareon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/2010_Dimos_Megareon.svg/440px-2010_Dimos_Megareon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1199" data-file-height="798" /></a><figcaption>Municipality map</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Megara7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Megara7.jpg/250px-Megara7.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Megara7.jpg/330px-Megara7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Megara7.jpg/500px-Megara7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3457" data-file-height="4755" /></a><figcaption>Monument at Heroes' Square</figcaption></figure> <p>The municipality of Megara was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of two former municipalities, Megara and <a href="/wiki/Nea_Peramos" title="Nea Peramos">Nea Peramos</a>, which became municipal units.<sup id="cite_ref-Kallikratis_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kallikratis-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017 <a href="/wiki/Kineta" title="Kineta">Kineta</a> became a separate community within the municipal unit of Megara.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The municipality has an area of 330.11 km<sup>2</sup>, the municipal unit 322.21 km<sup>2</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts_and_suburbs">Districts and suburbs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Districts and suburbs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>Agia Triada</li> <li>Aigeirouses</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kineta" title="Kineta">Kineta</a></li> <li>Koumintri</li> <li>Lakka Kalogirou</li> <li>Moni Agiou Ierotheou</li> <li>Moni Agiou Ioannou Prodromou</li> <li>Moni Panachrantou</li> <li>Pachi</li> <li>Stikas</li> <li>Vlychada</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Town</th> <th>Municipal unit</th> <th>Municipality </th></tr> <tr> <td>1971</td> <td>17,584</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td>20,814</td> <td>21,245</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td>20,403</td> <td>25,061</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>23,032</td> <td>28,195</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>23,456</td> <td>28,591</td> <td>36,924 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>25,467</td> <td>30,773</td> <td>38,033 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vyzas_F.C." title="Vyzas F.C.">Vyzas F.C.</a>, football team</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Megara&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Ancient_Megarians" title="Category:Ancient Megarians">Category:Ancient Megarians</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coinage_with_Byzas_2nd_3rd_century_CE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Coinage_with_Byzas_2nd_3rd_century_CE.jpg/180px-Coinage_with_Byzas_2nd_3rd_century_CE.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Coinage_with_Byzas_2nd_3rd_century_CE.jpg/270px-Coinage_with_Byzas_2nd_3rd_century_CE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Coinage_with_Byzas_2nd_3rd_century_CE.jpg/360px-Coinage_with_Byzas_2nd_3rd_century_CE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1027" data-file-height="1027" /></a><figcaption>Coinage with idealized depiction of Byzas, founder of <a href="/wiki/Byzantium" title="Byzantium">Byzantium</a>. Struck in <a href="/wiki/Byzantium" title="Byzantium">Byzantium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrace" title="Thrace">Thrace</a>, around the time of <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" title="Marcus Aurelius">Marcus Aurelius</a> (161–180 CE).</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orsippus" title="Orsippus">Orsippus</a> (8th century BC), runner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzas" title="Byzas">Byzas</a> (7th century BC), founder of <a href="/wiki/Byzantium" title="Byzantium">Byzantium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theognis_of_Megara" title="Theognis of Megara">Theognis</a> (6th century BC), <a href="/wiki/Elegiac" title="Elegiac">elegiac</a> poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eupalinos" title="Eupalinos">Eupalinos</a> (6th century BC), <a href="/wiki/Engineer" title="Engineer">engineer</a> who built the <a href="/wiki/Tunnel_of_Eupalinos" title="Tunnel of Eupalinos">Tunnel of Eupalinos</a> on <a href="/wiki/Samos" title="Samos">Samos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theagenes_of_Megara" title="Theagenes of Megara">Theagenes</a> (c. 600 BC), Tyrant of Megara<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euclid_of_Megara" title="Euclid of Megara">Euclid</a> (c. 400 BC), founder of the <a href="/wiki/Megarian_school_of_philosophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Megarian school of philosophy">Megarian school of philosophy</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stilpo" title="Stilpo">Stilpo</a> (c. 325 BC), <a href="/wiki/Philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosopher">philosopher</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Megarian_school" title="Megarian school">Megarian school</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teles_the_Cynic" class="mw-redirect" title="Teles the Cynic">Teles</a> (3rd century BC), <a href="/wiki/Cynicism_(philosophy)" title="Cynicism (philosophy)">cynic</a> philosopher.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giorgos_Papagiannis" class="mw-redirect" title="Giorgos Papagiannis">Giorgos Papagiannis</a>, Professional basketball player, playing for <a href="/wiki/Fenerbah%C3%A7e_S.K._(basketball)" title="Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)">Fenerbahçe S.K. 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