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Authors: Glyn Iliffe

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Ionian Sea


sea to the west of the Greek mainland

Iphitus


Oechalian prince who befriends Odysseus

Ithaca


island in the Ionian Sea

K

Kerosia


Ithacan council meeting

Koronos


wealthy Ithacan noble

L

Lacedaemon


Sparta

Laertes


king of Ithaca

Leda


unfaithful wife of Tyndareus

Locris


region in north-eastern Greece

M

Menelaus


brother of Agamemnon

Menestheus


king of Athens

Mentes


Taphian warrior

Mentor


close friend of Odysseus

Messene


city in south-western Peloponnese

Mycenae


most powerful city in Greece, situated in north-eastern Peloponnese

Myrmidons


the followers of Achilles

N

Neaera


Helen’s body slave

O

Odysseus


prince of Ithaca, son of Laertes

Oechalia


city in Thessaly, northern Greece

Olympus


mountain home of the gods

Orion


legendary hunter

P

Palamedes


suitor to Helen

Pandion


murdered king of Alybas

Parnassus (Mount)


mountain in central Greece and home of the Pythian oracle

Patroclus


friend of Achilles and captain of the Myrmidons

Peisandros


Myrmidon spearman

Peloponnese


southernmost landmass of Greek mainland

Penelope


Spartan princess, daughter of Icarius

Philoctetes


shepherd who lit the pyre of Heracles, for which he was awarded the hero’s bow and arrows

Phronius


Ithacan elder

Polybus


henchman of Eupeithes

Polytherses


twin brother of Polybus

Poseidon


god of the sea

Priam


king of Troy

Pythia


home of the chief oracle in Greece

Python


giant serpent, guardian of the Pythian oracle

Pythoness


high priestess of the Pythian oracle

R

Rhodes


island in the south-eastern Aegean

S

Salamis


island in the Saronic Gulf, west of Athens

Samos


neighbouring island to Ithaca, also under the rule of Laertes

Sparta


city in the south-eastern Peloponnese

T

Taphians


pirate race from Taphos

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