Callipolis

Callipolis is the Latinized form of Kallipolis (Καλλίπολις), which is Greek for "beautiful city", from κάλλος kallos (beauty) and πόλις polis (city). It was the name of several ancient cities, notably:

• Kallipolis, Caria in Caria, Asia Minor
• Kallipolis, a port on the Hellespont in the Thracian Chersonesus, modern Gallipoli
• Gallipoli, Apulia (Kallipolis) in Apulia, southern Italy, a port on a peninsula into the Tarentine Gulf
• Gelibolu, Turkey, seat of the titular Roman Catholic Diocese of Callipolis
• Kallipolis, the name Socrates uses for his utopia in Plato's dialogue The Republic

Greek mythology

• Callipolis, son of Alcathous, son of Pelops

See also

• Gallipoli (disambiguation)