Naming of Ancient Greek Cities

So for my timeline "The Eternal Flame Dies Out" and I'm planning ahead. I was thinking about what would be the general rules for naming a town after the king that founded it (i.e. Alexandria). Does it matter if for example a town named after Alexander is called Alexandria, Alexandropolis or Alexandroi. I am aware of towns Phillip II founded such as Philippoi and Philippopolis.

As another example, if a king by the name of Jason were to found a city, what would be its likely name? Jasonopolis?
 
I think you caught most of the sensible suffixes. As always, what rolls off the tongue best plays a part. Alexander got lucky his name worked well with a lot. :D

Jasonopolis sounds well enough to me as well!
 
Also if there are multiple Alexandrias/opolis/etc founded, just add the region's/location's name to the end (i.e Alexandria Charax/Alexandria Margiana/etc.)

Also if you need info on Alexander's campaigns in detail, just find my Hellenistic recap!
 
For naming places, a lot of times the Greek ruler/ founder (if they were naming it after themselves) would use the feminine version of their name (e.g. Alexandria, Seleucia). Adding -polis (as in Constaninopolis and Adrianopolis) is also pretty common. In the vein of naming cities after people in Greek, that's all there really was. -polis simply meant city or town, so think of it the same way in the colonies you had Maryland, Charles Town, James Town, Williamsburg, George Town, while you would have feminine versions, like Carolina, Virginia, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Georgia. It's the same idea.
 
For naming places, a lot of times the Greek ruler/ founder (if they were naming it after themselves) would use the feminine version of their name (e.g. Alexandria, Seleucia). Adding -polis (as in Constaninopolis and Adrianopolis) is also pretty common. In the vein of naming cities after people in Greek, that's all there really was. -polis simply meant city or town, so think of it the same way in the colonies you had Maryland, Charles Town, James Town, Williamsburg, George Town, while you would have feminine versions, like Carolina, Virginia, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Georgia. It's the same idea.
Ah, that makes a lot of sense. That clears a lot up, thanks.
 
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