Neritus, Mount – the tallest mountain of Ithaca.
Olympus, Mount – mountain in northern Thessaly, said to be the abode of the gods.
Ossa, Mount – mountain in Thessaly, said to be the abode of the centaurs.
Othrys, Mount – mountain in Thessaly near Phthia, the city of Achilles.
Parnassus, Mount – mountain in Phocis believed to be the abode of Apollo and the muses.
Pelion, Mount – mountain in Thessaly where the pine tree used to make the keel of the Argo was cut down.
Peloponnesus – the Peloponnese, the southern part of Greece.
Phasis – river in Colchis.
Pherai – city in Thessaly, ruled by Admetus.
Phocis – region in south central Greece.
Phthia – city of Thessaly ruled by Peleus father of Achilles, famous for its valorous warriors, the Myrmidons.
Pylos – main city of Messenia, ruled by Nestor.
Rhoetean – promontory of the Troad, where the tomb of Great Ajax was located.
Salamis – small island near Attica, ruled by Telamon, Great Ajax’s father.
Same – island, part of the kingdom of Odysseus, probably modern Cephalonia.
Scamander – one of the two rivers of Troy.
Scheria – island of the Phaeacians.
Scyros – island ruled by Lycomedes.
Simoeis – one of the rivers of Troy.
Skaian Gate – the gates of the Trojan citadel, built to be unassailable.
Sounion – southern cape of Attica.
Sparta – city of Laconia, also called Lakedaemon, ruled by Menelaus.
Stygia – swamp in Hades.
Tainaron – cape of the central peninsula in the Peloponnese.
Taygetus, Mount – mountain in Laconia, west of Sparta.
Tenedos – small island near Troy where the Achaian fleet hides while awaiting the signal for the assault on Troy.
Thebes – city of Boeotia, ruled by Oedipus.
Thermodon – river in northern Anatolia, bordering the territory of the Amazons.
Thesprotia – kingdom of Autolykos, grandfather of Odysseus, in western Greece.
Thessaly – region of north-eastern Greece.
Thrace – region of eastern Greece, north-west of Troy.
Tiryns – city of Argolis, near Mycenae.
Trinacria – land of Helios the sun god.
Troad – region of Troy.
Troy – city of the Troad which controlled access to the Dardanelles, capital of the powerful kingdom of Priam, also known as ‘Ilion’ (‘Ilium’ in Latin), and ‘Villusa’ in Hittite texts. Identified by Schliemann and Blegen with the ruins on the hill of Hissarlik in Turkey, recently confirmed by the excavations of the late Manfred Korfmann. Ruled by Priam, it was besieged for nine years by the Achaians and finally fell thanks to the stratagem of the Trojan Horse.
Zacynthus – island, part of the kingdom of Odysseus.
About the Author
Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an archaeologist and scholar of the ancient Greek and Roman world. He is the author of sixteen novels, which have won him literary awards and have sold 12 million copies. His ‘Alexander’ trilogy has been translated into 38 languages and published in 62 countries and the film rights have been acquired by Universal Pictures. His novel The Last Legion was made into a film starring Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley and directed by Doug Lefler. Valerio Massimo Manfredi has taught at a number of prestigious universities in Italy and abroad and has published numerous articles and essays in academic journals. He has also written screenplays for film and television, contributed to journalistic articles and conducted cultural programmes and television documentaries.
Also by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
ALEXANDER: CHILD OF A DREAM
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ALEXANDER: THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
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THE LAST LEGION
HEROES
(formerly The Talisman of Troy)
TYRANT
THE ORACLE
EMPIRE OF DRAGONS
THE TOWER
PHARAOH
THE LOST ARMY
THE IDES OF MARCH
THE ANCIENT CURSE
ODYSSEUS: THE OATH
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