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Ismara (Greek Ἴσμαρος) also Ismaros or Ismarus is an ancient Ciconian town on the Aegean coast of Thrace and supposedly was the city mentioned in the Odyssey. The Odyssey's Ismaros was not protected by walls, but historically Ismara is known to have had Cyclopean walls since 12th-13th century B.C., when the town was founded.

Homeric Ismaros

After their departure from Troy, Odysseus and his companions stop at Ismaros. They sack the town, situated on an island, and then engage in a fierce battle with the Cicones, the inhabitants of the adjacent region. They kill the men and divide the women and treasures among themselves and after that start to feast, although Odysseus proposes to leave. The Cicones, who in the meantime go for help, come back in the morning in great quantities. Odysseus manages to escape after heavy losses and embarks with the survivors to continue towards his homeland, Ithaca, but shortly after sailing they are caught in a northerly storm.

Sources

  • Durando, Furio, "Greece, a guide to the archaeological sites", 2004.

Places visited by Odysseus in Odyssey
Ismaros - The island of Lotophagi - The island of Polyphemus - Aiolia - Telepylos - Aeaea
The Underworld - The Sirens - Scylla and Charybdis - Thrinacia - Ogygia - Scheria - Ithaca
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Writing system: Greek alphabet 
Official status
Official language of:  Greece
 Cyprus
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The Cicones or Ciconians (Greek Κίκονες) were a Thracian tribe, whose stronghold in the time of Odysseus was the city of Ismara (or Ismarus), located at the foot of mount Ismara, on the south coast of Thrace.
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For the ship Aegean Sea, see .


The Aegean Sea (pronounced [i:ˈdʒi:ən/span>]], Greek:
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Thrace, (Turkish: Trakya, Romanian: Tracia, Bulgarian: Тракия or Trakiya, Greek:
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The Odyssey (Greek Οδύσσεια (Odússeia)) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to the Ionian poet Homer. The poem is commonly dated circa 800 to circa 600 BC.
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Cyclopean masonry is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with huge limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and no use of mortar.
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State Party  Turkey
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iii, vi
Reference 849
Region Europe and North America

Inscription History
Inscription 1998  (22nd Session)
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Odysseus or Ulysses (Greek Ὀδυσσεύς Odysseus; Latin: Ulixes or, more commonly, Ulysses), pronounced
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The Cicones or Ciconians (Greek Κίκονες) were a Thracian tribe, whose stronghold in the time of Odysseus was the city of Ismara (or Ismarus), located at the foot of mount Ismara, on the south coast of Thrace.
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Odysseus or Ulysses (Greek Ὀδυσσεύς Odysseus; Latin: Ulixes or, more commonly, Ulysses), pronounced
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The Cicones or Ciconians (Greek Κίκονες) were a Thracian tribe, whose stronghold in the time of Odysseus was the city of Ismara (or Ismarus), located at the foot of mount Ismara, on the south coast of Thrace.
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Odysseus or Ulysses (Greek Ὀδυσσεύς Odysseus; Latin: Ulixes or, more commonly, Ulysses), pronounced
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Ithaca
Ιθάκ?

Vathi, South Ithaca
Geography

Island Chain: Ionian Islands
Area:[1] 117.812 km (0 sq.mi.
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The Odyssey (Greek Οδύσσεια (Odússeia)) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to the Ionian poet Homer. The poem is commonly dated circa 800 to circa 600 BC.
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Ismara (Greek Ἴσμαρος) also Ismaros or Ismarus is an ancient Ciconian town on the Aegean coast of Thrace and supposedly was the city mentioned in the Odyssey.
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Lotus Eaters redirects here. For other uses, see The Lotus Eaters.
In Greek mythology, the Lotophagi (Greek Λωτοφάγοι, lotus-eaters
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Polyphemus (Greek: Πολύφημος, transliterated as Polyphemos in Robert Fitzgerald's translation), a character in Greek mythology, is a Cyclops, the one-eyed son of Poseidon and Thoosa.
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Aeolia may mean:
  • Another name for Aeolis in Anatolia.
  • An older name for Thessaly before the Greek Dark Ages.
Both are sgsbhSHnnSXo-named because Thessaly was held to be the earlier homeland of the Aeolian people, but during the Dorian Invasion they fled across the
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Telepylos (Greek Τηλέπυλος, also Telepylus) is the mythological city of the Laestrygonians. In the Odyssey it is described as the rocky stronghold of Lamos.
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Aeaea (sometimes Aiaia) was a possibly mythological island said to be the home of the sorceress Circe.

Though the somewhat inconsistent geography of the Odyssey
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underworld is a general term used to describe the various realms of Greek mythology which were believed to lie beneath the earth or beyond the horizon.

These include:

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Scylla and Charybdis are two sea monsters of Greek mythology situated on opposite sides of a narrow channel of water, so close that sailors avoiding Charybdis will pass too close to Scylla and vice versa.
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Thrinacia or Trinacria, mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, is the island home of Helios' cattle, guarded by his eldest daughter, Lampetia, said to have been Sicily since the name Thrinacia implies an island connected to the number 3 and Sicily has three corners.
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Ogygia (Greek: Ὠγυγίη or Ὠγυγία), is an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey book V as the home of the nymph Calypso, the daughter of the Titan Atlas, also known as
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Scheria (ancient Greek Σχερίη or Σχερία), also Scherie or Phaiacia
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Homer's Ithaca", i.e. Ithaca as featured in Homer's Odyssey, is a matter for debate.

The central characters of the epic such as Odysseus, Achilles, Agamemnon and Hector are generally believed to be fictional characters.
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