What is "tetrapolis"

Tetrapolis (, meaning "four cities") may refer to:

• Tetrapolis (Attica), a district comprising four cities in ancient Attica, Greece
• Doric Tetrapolis, a group of four cities in ancient Doris, Greece
• The Syrian tetrapolis of Antioch, Seleucia Pieria, Apamea, and Laodicea
• Antioch by itself was also sometimes called Tetrapolis
• Kibyran Tetrapolis in Lycia, see Kibyra

Tetrapolis ( Greek: ) comprised one of the twelve districts into which Attica was divided before the time of Theseus. The district was on a plain in the northeastern part of Attica and contained four cities: Marathon , Probalinthus , Tricorythus , and Oenoe . Stephanus of Byzantium claimed Huttēnia (Ὑττηνία) was its name among the Pelasgoi.