The Odyssey

Places

Terms and Conventions Poetics Figurative Language Structure Who's Who Places Themes Overview

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Note: this overview is designed to be used with Robert Fagles' translation of the Odyssey, published by Penguin USA.

Olympus.

Islands: Ithaca; Ogygia (Calypso); Scheria (Phaeacians); Aeolia (Aeolus); Aeaea (Circe); Thrinacia (Helios).

Mainland: Pylos (Nestor); Sparta (Menelaus); Ismarus (Cicones) Cimmeria (Cimmerians, bordering the land of the dead)

Some places are known by their inhabitants:

• Land of the Lotus Eaters;
• Island of the Cyclops;
• Land of the Lastrygonians.

And last but not least - the Kingdom of the Dead.

 

Odyssey Overview