Characters & Places
Butler's translation uses Roman names for the Greek gods and heroes — Ulysses for Odysseus, Minerva for Athena, Neptune for Poseidon. Both names are shown here.
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Characters
Places
IthacaOdysseus's island kingdom · the destination
TroyThe city in Asia Minor · where all of it began
Ogygia (the Ogygian island)Calypso's island · seven of the twenty years
ScheriaIsland of the Phaeacians · the last stop before home
The Underworld (the house of Hades)The land of the dead beyond the river Oceanus
PylosNestor's kingdom · Telemachus's first stop
Sparta (Lacedaemon)Menelaus and Helen's kingdom · the far end of the search