The History of the Ancient Greek City of Smyrna

The History of the Ancient Greek City of Smyrna

Arches in the Ancient Greek city of Smyrna. The city was a center of Greek culture for millennia before all traces of Greek people were destroyed in the Smyrna Fire in 1922. Credit: Benh LIEU SONG/CC BY-SA 2.0 Smyrna was once one of the most illustrious of all ancient and Hellenistic-era Greek cities. One of the main centers of Greek settlement in western Anatolia, it once had a temple dedicated to Athena and was the residence of the epic poet H…

How much do you know about the City of Smyrna?

How much do you know about the City of Smyrna? Take the quiz below to test your knowledge. Don’t get upset if you do less well than you thought you would. These are educational quizzes, intended to help Cobb County residents learn about their county and cities. The Cobb County Courier has a daily quiz in our email newsletter. Here on the main website, it will be a weekend quiz, published on Saturdays and Sundays. While the daily quizzes in the n…