(μητρόπολις/mētrópolis, literally ‘mother city’).
[1] Mother city of colonies in the era of the ‘Great’ Colonisation (c. 750-500 BC)
Since the so-called Great Colonisation (c. 750-500 BC, Colonization IV, cf. the overview there), in numerous Greek communities an oikistḗs (‘founder’) and further ápoikoi (‘s…