Is This Cat A Somali?

Anonymous (Stenia?), perhaps your cat is just a domestic medium hair? Saying that your kitty has spotting on it's legs has confirmed that your cat is NOT a Somali, you see, decades ago Somalis used to have banding on their legs, but that's long gone now, they never had spotting.. I have no idea how you resisted one of those NFCs, they're amazing!

Hi again Stenia. A black line on the back going all the way to the tip of the tail is actually a very Somaly/Aby-like feature and might indicate a connection somehow.
It could be as simple as a great-grandfather - or maybe (as I suggested) because the original cats of the Eastern Mediteranian area are not that far removed from what much later became the Aby/Somali breeds.
Roxy seems to be a friendly cat, so I hope you'll be able to take care of her or find somebody who can. No cat deserves living as a feral, but one person of course can not help all the homeless cats of Athens. This cat however asked for your help, so... 🙂
If you can get a better photo of her, you can mail it to Michael and I'm sure he'll put it up. Mail to mjbmeister (at) googlemail.com - replace (at) with a παπάκι.

Miss Maggie, im also a fan o Norwegian forest cat (and i weant to adopt one from a cattery in greece, www.elvenstar.gr),this kitty hasn't got long enough hair and she isn't a very large cat like norwegian forest. She has spotted legs,and her color is very strange...

Thanks you about your answer...I call this kitty Roxy (or Wolfe), I've found her in the street. I was surprised when i saw that altough she didn't know me, she come toward me and she purrs... I've taken her a photo from my mobile phone, but it isn't clearly. She is tabby (makeral or spotted), that because she differs from Somalis.Her tail is black and she has a black line across her back. I want to adopt her, but i have already a cat. :/

Hi Stenia. First of all we must remember that a Somali is basicly a semi-longhair Abyssinian. The main characteristic of these two breeds is the ticked coat, which means that each hair has a base color with three or four darker-colored bands, giving it a very special appearance.
It's hard to tell from the picture, but your cat doesn't look ticked, so most likely there is another explanation to it's special look. The gene for semilong-hair is recessive, which means that it can be carried for several generations without showing, but I believe it will be present more or less in all populations of non-purebred cats.
Semi-longhaired cats are far from unheard of in the Eastern Mediteranian. Just think of the breeds Turkish Angora and Van. Or check the kittens pictured in the article 'Istanbul Feral Cats or Wild Cat Hybrids' - they actually had some similarities to a Somali kitten of mine.
Boarders between countries change over time, but the cats have no part in that game. Gene testing however has shown that local cats all over the Eastern Mediteranian area are quite closely related. So my guess is that you have a semi-longhair cat of Greek domestic origin.
Some say that Cyprus was the craddle of domestic cats. Be happy with your fine mixed breed - she is an heir of the ancient original cats. 😉

Hi Maggie, thanks for your useful input. I disagree though.

The colour is modified by the photo being taken in deep shade with a sun. That throws a blue caste over subject matter neutralising the warm colour.

Also, I think the leg spotting/banding is the tail crossing over the leg.

That colour is a grey/brown colour, which is not seen in the Somali breed, also I can see spotting on her leg, which is something, again, never ever seen in the breed. Ticking, spine line and perhaps a light broken necklace is all that's generally allowed when it comes to patterns. To me, your cat looks like a Norwegain Forest Cat, they're equally as wonderful as Somalis, a breed in which I'm a fan of.