Asia Minor Greeks

The Asia Minor Greeks (Greek: Μικρασιάτες, romanized: Mikrasiates), also known as Asiatic Greeks or Anatolian Greeks, make up the ethnic Greek populations who lived in Asia Minor from the 13th century BC as a result of Greek colonization,^[1] up until the forceful population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923, though some communities in Asia Minor survive to the present day.

Asia Minor Greeks

Μικρασιάτες
Asia Minor Greeks are using the Greek Orthodox flag
Asia Minor Greek Teachers and Graduates from the Evangelical School of Smyrna
Regions with significant populations
Historically Asia Minor, present day Greece
Languages
Demotic Greek Asia Minor Greek dialects other languages (diaspora)
Religion
Greek Orthodox Church
Related ethnic groups
Greeks, Pontic Greeks, Cappadocian Greeks

Cappadocian Greeks

Main article: Cappadocian Greeks

Cappadocian Greeks also known as Greek Cappadocians (Greek: Έλληνες-Καππαδόκες, Ελληνοκαππαδόκες, Καππαδόκες; Turkish: Kapadokyalı Rumlar)^[2] or simply Cappadocians are an ethnic Greek community native to the geographical region of Cappadocia in central-eastern Anatolia.

Pontic Greeks

Main article: Pontic Greeks

Pontic Greeks (Greek: Πόντιοι, romanized: Póndii or Ελληνοπόντιοι, romanized: Ellinopóndii; Turkish: Pontus Rumları or Karadeniz Rumları, Georgian: პონტოელი ბერძნები, romanized: P’ont’oeli Berdznebi) are an ethnically Greek^[3][4] group who traditionally lived in the region of Pontus, on the shores of the Black Sea and in the Pontic Mountains of northeastern Anatolia.

Smyrniote Greeks

Smyrniote Greeks (Greek: Σμυρνιώτες Έλληνες; Turkish: İzmir Yunanlıları) are a Greek ethnic community originating from the Smyrna region on the Aegean coast of Anatolia.

Other Asia Minor Greeks

• Asiatic Aeolian Greeks
• Asiatic Ionian Greeks
• Asiatic Dorian Greeks
• Antigonid Greeks

Historical context

• Pontic colonies (classical antiquity)
• Hellenistic Anatolia (Hellenistic and Roman era)
• Byzantine Anatolia (Middle Ages)
• Ottoman Greeks (early modern), the Republic of Turkey's predecessor
• Greeks in Turkey (modern), Greek and Greek-speaking Eastern Orthodox Christians
• Greek refugees

Notable Asia Minor Greeks

See also: Cappadocian Greeks § Notable Cappadocian Greeks, and Pontic Greeks § Notable Pontian Greeks

• Thales, pre-Socratic philosopher, considered the father of philosophy and science, one of the Seven Sages of Greece
• Homer, poet, the father of Western literature, his origin is disputed, but the most widespread account was that he was from Ionia
• Hesiod, poet, the father of Greek didactic poetry
• Herodotus, historian and geographer, the father of history
• Hecataeus of Miletus, historian and geographer, the father of geography
• Strabo, geographer and historian
• Hipparchus, astronomer, geographer, and mathematician, considered the father of astronomy and founder of trigonometry
• Apollonius of Perga, geometer and astronomer, one of the greatest mathematicians of antiquity
• Eudoxus of Cnidus, astronomer, mathematician, doctor, and lawmaker
• Hippodamus, architect, urban planner, physician, mathematician, meteorologist, the father of European urban planning
• Galen, physician and surgeon, one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity
• Herophilos, physician, one of the earliest anatomists
• Dioscorides, physician, pharmacologist, botanist, the father of pharmacognosy
• Aretaeus of Cappadocia, physician, wrote eight treatises on diseases
• Soranus of Ephesus, physician, most notably his four-volume treatise on gynecology
• Apelles, renowned painter
• Bias of Priene, one of the Seven Sages of Greece
• Anaximander, pre-Socratic philosopher, first to attempt making a map of the known world
• Anaximenes, pre-Socratic philosopher
• Heraclitus, pre-Socratic philosopher
• Xenophanes, pre-Socratic philosopher, theologian and poet
• Anaxagoras, pre-Socratic philosopher and mathematician
• Leucippus, pre-Socratic philosopher, the founder of atomism
• Nausiphanes, atomist philosopher
• Diogenes, philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism
• Eubulides, Megarian philosopher
• Diodorus Cronus, Megarian philosopher
• Xenocrates, Platonic philosopher and mathematician
• Crantor, Platonic philosopher
• Strato of Lampsacus, Peripatetic philosopher, called the Physicus
• Alexander of Aphrodisias, Peripatetic philosopher
• Cleanthes, Stoic philosopher and boxer
• Chrysippus, Stoic philosopher
• Epictetus, Stoic philosopher
• Antipater of Tarsus, Stoic philosopher
• Metrodorus of Lampsacus, Epicurean philosopher
• Diogenes of Oenoanda, Epicurean philosopher
• Arcesilaus, philosopher, the founder of Academic Skepticism
• Apollonius of Tyana, Neo-Pythagorean philosopher, became a mythical hero during the Roman Empire
• Proclus, Neoplatonic philosopher
• Simplicius of Cilicia, Neoplatonic philosopher
• Scylax of Caryanda, explorer and writer
• Anacreon, lyric poet
• Alcman, choral lyric poet
• Aratus, didactic poet
• Mimnermus, elegiac poet
• Callinus, elegiac poet
• Hipponax, iambic poet
• Diphilus, one of the greatest poets of New Comedy
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, epic poet
• George of Pisidia, Byzantine poet
• Chariton, novelist, wrote Callirhoe, arguably the earliest surviving Western novel
• Xenophon of Ephesus, novelist, wrote Ephesian Tale
• Heraclides Ponticus, philosopher and astronomer, possibly the originator of the heliocentric theory
• Philo of Byzantium, engineer, physicist and writer on mechanics
• Autolycus of Pitane, astronomer, mathematician, and geographer
• Callippus, astronomer and mathematician
• Crates of Mallus, constructed the earliest known globe of the Earth
• Theodosius of Bithynia, astronomer and mathematician
• Theon of Smyrna, mathematician and philosopher
• Bryson of Heraclea, mathematician
• Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine mathematician and astronomer
• Sostratus of Cnidus, architect and engineer, probably designed the lighthouse of Alexandria
• Pythius of Priene, architect, designed the Temple of Athena Polias and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
• Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, two main Byzantine architects and mathematicians, designed the Hagia Sophia
• Sinan, chief Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician
• Asclepiades of Bithynia, physician
• Rufus of Ephesus, physician
• Nicander, physician and poet
• Oribasius, physician
• Alexander of Tralles, one of the most eminent physicians in the Byzantine Empire
• Alexander Polyhistor, scholar
• Serenus Sammonicus, savant and tutor, owned one of the largest private libraries of antiquity
• Michael Psellos, Byzantine savant, historian and music theorist
• Cadmus of Miletus, the oldest of the logographers
• Xanthus, historian
• Ctesias, historian
• Ephorus, historian
• Dionysius of Halicarnassus, historian and teacher of rhetoric
• Pausanias, geographer and historian
• Arrian, historian and philosopher
• Agatharchides, historian
• Cassius Dio, historian
• Dio Chrysostom, historian and orator
• Diogenes Laertius, biographer of the Greek philosophers
• Eunapius, historian
• Philostorgius, historian
• Aelius Aristides, orator and author
• Themistius, statesman, rhetorician and philosopher
• Thrasymachus, sophist
• Alcidamas, sophist and rhetorician
• Polemon of Laodicea, sophist
• Zenodotus, grammarian, the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria
• Michael Attaleiates, Byzantine chronicler
• Niketas Choniates, Byzantine historian
• Maximus Planudes, Byzantine grammarian and theologian
• Artemidorus, diviner and dream interpreter
• Ulfilas, creator of the Gothic alphabet
• Saint Nicholas, early Christian bishop, the prototype for Santa Claus
• Saint George, Roman soldier and early Christian martyr
• Basil of Caesarea, Bishop and theologian
• Gregory of Nazianzus, archbishop of Constantinople and theologian
• Aspasia, the most important woman in the history of fifth-century Athens
• Gordian I, Roman emperor
• Helena, Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great
• Basilina, mother of Emperor Julian the Apostate
• Maurice, Byzantine emperor
• Michael II the Amorian, Byzantine emperor
• Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor
• Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor
• Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor
• Constantine X Doukas, Byzantine emperor
• Romanos IV Diogenes, Byzantine emperor
• Michael VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor