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Apollo Belvedere on an Apollo 17 mission patch of the last and most successful mission to the Moon in December 1972

Craters on the moon named after ancient Greeks. The area of these craters combined is larger than that of the area of Modern Greece!!

AGATHARCHIDES crater 48 km diameter 19.8S – 30.9W Agatharchides (?-150) BC Geographer
AGRIPPA crater 44 km diameter 4.1N – 10.5E Agrippa (c. 92) AD Astronomer. Some say due to its proximity to the crater Julius Caesar it is named after Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63-12 BC), a Roman general and statesman. Information
ALEXANDER crater 88 km diameter 40.3N – 13.5E Alexander the Great (356-323) BC
ANAXAGORAS crater 50 km diameter 2350 mt height walls 73.4N – 10.1W In the northern lunar regions Anaxagoras (500-428) BC Astronomer
ANAXIMANDER crater 67 km diameter 2800 mt height walls 66.9N – 51.3W North - west lunar region
ANAXIMENES crater 80 km diameter 72.5N – 44.5W Anaximenes (585-528) BC Astronomer
APOLLONIUS crater 53 km diameter 1700 mt height walls 4.5N – 61.1E Southern of Crisium sea Apollonius of Perga 3^rd century BC, mathematician
ARATUS crater 10 km diameter 23.6N – 4.5E Aratus of Soli Information
ARCHIMEDES crater 82 km diameter 2060 mt height walls 29.7N - 4W East of Imbrium sea and below this crater ARCHIMEDES rima 169 km lenght 27°N - 4°W From Archimedes crater to southern hilly region The other two craters are Aristillus and Autolycus Archimedes (287-212) BC
ARCHYTAS crater 31 km diameter 2350 mt height walls 58.7N – 5.0E Northern of Frigoris sea Archytas, (428-350/347) BC Mathematician Information
ARISTARCHUS crater 23.7N – 47.4W 40 km diameter Aristarchus, astronomer (310-230)BC Information Multispectral Mosaic of the Aristarchus Crater and Plateau Aristarchus Plateau
ARISTILLUS crater 33.9N – 1.2E 55 km diameter Astronomer (c.280 )BC Information
ARISTOTELES crater 87 km diameter 3700 mt height walls 50.2N – 17.4E Northern of Caucasus mounts Aristotle, Philosopher, Scientist (383-322) BC Information
AUTOLYCUS crater 30.7N – 1.5E 39 km diameter Autolycus, astronomer (?-c.330 ) BC Information
BOETHIUS crater 5.67N – 72.3E 10 km diameter Physicist (c. 480-524AD)
CALLIPUS crater 38.9N – 10.7E 32 km diameter Callipus of Cyzicus, Astronomer (c. 330 BC) Information
CLEOMEDES crater 125 km diameter 3000 mt height walls 27.7N – 55.5E North east region, between Geminus crater and Crisium sea Astronomer (?-50)BC Information
CLEOSTRATUS crater 60.4N – 77.0W 62 km diameter Astronomer (?-500)BC Information
CONON crater 21.6N – 2.0E 21 km diameter CONON rima 30 km lenght 18N - 2E In the Appennines mounts, from the Conon crater to south direction Conon of Samos (c. 260 BC) Astronomer
DEMOCRITUS crater 35 km diameter 1950 mt height walls 62.3N – 35.0E North east lunar field, between Gartner and Arnold craters Democritus (460-360) BC Astronomer, Mathematician, Physicist Information
DIONYSIUS crater 2.8N – 17.3E 18 km diameter St. Dionysius the Aeropagite, Astronomer (9-120 AD)
DEMONAX crater 77.9S – 60.8E 128 km diameter Demonax (?-100)BC Philosopher Information
DIOPHANTUS crater 19 km diameter 2590 mt height walls 27.6N – 34.3W Between west Imbrium sea and east Procellarum Mathematician Information