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The Achaean Camp
The besiegers’ city of ships and huts
The Achaean camp on the shore of the Hellespont, where the ships are drawn up and the army lives between battl…
Mycenae
Agamemnon’s kingdom · the seat of the expedition’s leader
The kingdom of Agamemnon in the Argolid, called “rich in gold” by Homer. It is the political centre of the Ach…
Sparta
Menelaus and Helen’s kingdom
The kingdom of Menelaus in Laconia, and Helen’s home before the war. In the Odyssey, Telemachus visits Sparta …
Pylos
Nestor’s kingdom · the first stop of Telemachus
The kingdom of Nestor in the western Peloponnese, called “sandy Pylos” by Homer. In the Odyssey, Telemachus ar…
Ogygia
Calypso’s island · the paradise that is a prison
The wooded island where Calypso keeps Odysseus for seven years. It is beautiful and fertile, with a cave, spri…
Scheria
The Phaeacian island · Odysseus’s last host
The island kingdom of the Phaeacians, ruled by Alcinous and Arete. It is a prosperous, isolated society of ski…
Aeaea
Circe’s island · the year of enchantment
The island of the sorceress Circe, where Odysseus’s men are turned into pigs and the crew stays for a year. It…
The Land of the Cyclopes
A fertile land without law
The land of the Cyclopes, a fertile coast with caves, pastures, and good soil, inhabited by one-eyed giants wh…
Aeolia
Aeolus’s floating island · the almost-return
The floating island of Aeolus, keeper of the winds, surrounded by a bronze wall and a sheer cliff. Odysseus is…
The Underworld
The land of the dead · the consultation of Tiresias
The realm of Hades and Persephone, reached by Odysseus at the edge of the Ocean. In Odyssey XI he digs a trenc…
Olympus
The mountain of the gods
The mountain where the Olympian gods live, feast, and hold council. In the Iliad it is both a real mountain an…