The Achaeans: Homer's name for the Greek

Aeaea: The island of Circe

Aeolia: The floating island of Aeolus

The Cicones: A Thracian tribe, located in Thrace, modern Bulgaria

Hades: The Land of the Dead

Ithaca: The home island of Odysseus, off the western coast (see map above)

The Laestrygonians: A tribe of cannibals who attack Odysseus, possibly located near North Africa

Ogygia: The island of Calypso

Olympus: Mountain in north-eastern Greece

The Phaeacians: Inhabitants of Scheria

Pylos: Kingdom of Nestor, located on the Peloponnesian Peninsula in southern Greece

Sparta: Kingdom of Menelaus, located on the Peloponnesian Peninsula in southern Greece

Troy: Kingdom in modern Turkey, western coast.

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