They also held land in Boeotia on the Greek mainland.

At the same time, city-states began to grow in influence on the southern Greek mainland.

Far in the distance, more than 50 miles away, is the edge of the Greek mainland.

The landscape of the Greek mainland does not lend itself to large estates.

Whether it had direct political relation to any part of the Greek mainland cannot be answered from archaeological evidence alone.

Prehistoric research had now begun to extend beyond the Greek mainland.

The city faced east towards the Greek mainland and had its own harbour.

It lies approximately 160 km south of the Greek mainland.

But the Greek mainland itself is 150 miles away.

What remains are about 50 families who trace their ancestry to the Greek mainland.