Ismarus was a coastal city in southern Thrace, occupied by the Cicones, a Thracian tribe. Odysseus sacked Ismarus in one of his early adventures after the Fall of Troy.
Ismarus, Ἴσμαρος.
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Mysia was a large region on the northwestern coast of Asia Minor. Chromis and Ennomus the Auger were leaders of the Mysians in the Trojan War. Ennomus was among those Trojans and allies who were killed in a river, by Achilles. The principal cities...
Cyzicus was a city in northern Mysia, situated on the coast of Sea of Marmara. It was named after the king of Doliones, who was accidentally killed by the Argonauts.
An island in the Ionian Sea, east of the larger, neighbouring island of Cephallenia. It was the home and kingdom of Laërtes and his son Odysseus. Ithaca was a small and rocky island. When Menelaus, king of Sparta, was going to give some magnificen...
Icaria was an island in the Aegean Sea, west of Samos. Icaria was mostly known for being the island named after Icarius, son of Daedalus. Daedalus was the inventor for Minos, king of Crete. When Theseus escaped from the Labyrinth and killed the mo...
Cos was one of the Dodecanese islands, west of the Carian city of Cnidus, Asia Minor. The people of Cos (Coans) were originally called the Merops after their king, Meropes. Heracles' ships were driven by a storm from Hera to the island of Cos. The...
The Cicones in the Odyssey mark one of the times the crew's disobedience nearly cost them everything. As Odysseus and his crew traveled, they needed to gain supplies and respite from life at sea. Being warriors, they saw no harm in stopping on a s...
The Voyage Home Return to IthacaThe Voyage HomeOdyssey Odyssey is an epic poem, written by Homer, about the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς). Odysseus was the son of Laërtes (Laertes) and Anticleia. Odysseus had married Penelope, a...
Croton was a coastal city in Calabria, southern Italy. It was founded by Achaean Greeks around 710 BC. There is no myth regarding Croton, but Philoctetes founded a town in Crimissa, near Croton, after the Trojan War. Philoctetes was the Greek lead...
Scyrus (Skyrus) was an Aegean island northeast of Euboea. Scyrus was famous because its king, Lycomedes, was host to the aging hero Theseus. Theseus either accidentally fell to his death, or Lycomedes murdered the hero by pushing him off a cliff. ...
Idomeneus (Ἰδομενεές) was a son of Deucalion. He was also the brother of Crete and the half-brother of Molus. Idomeneus was the nephew of Catreus. Idomeneus married Meda, and became the father of Cleisithyra and Idamante. Idomeneus was a former su...