Location information

Thebes

LUXOR (Ancient city) EGYPT
A rich city of Egypt, which is mentioned by Homer, who calls it "ecatompylos" (= city of an hundred gates) (Il. 9.381, Od. 4.126).

Perseus: Homer, Iliad
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=...
Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=...

Egypt

EGYPT (Country) MIDDLE EAST
A country of S. Africa, which is mentioned by Homer (Od. 17.448).

Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=...

Proteus

FAROS (Island) EGYPT
A sea-god and servant of Poseidon, whose flocks of seals he tended. He was the father of Eidothea and, according to Homer, he resided in the island of Pharos in Egypt (Od. 4.365 & 385).

Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=...

Perseus Project

Perseus: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per...

• http://nikki.sitenation.com/godpages/proteus.html
Theoi Project, a guide to Greek Goods, Spirits & Monsters
• http://www.theoi.com/Kronos/Proteus.html
• http://www.classicalmythology.org/archive/classica...
• http://www.classicalmythology.org/archive/classica...

Thon & Polydamna

EGYPT (Country) MIDDLE EAST
Thon was the husband of Polydamna (Od. 4.228).

Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=...

Perseus Project

Perseus Encyclopedia
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per...
Perseus Encyclopedia
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per...

Pharos

FAROS (Island) EGYPT
The islet is mentioned by Homer (Od. 4.355) and was located opposite Alexandreia, which was built afterwards by Alexander the Great.

Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=...

Polybus & Alcandre

LUXOR (Ancient city) EGYPT
Alcandre was the wife of Polybus (Od. 4.126).

Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=...