It Happened at Troy
She was married to the Trojan Hero Hector.
Andromache
One of the many names Homer uses instead of "Greeks."
Achaeans, Danaans, Argives
Odysseus stayed on her island for 7 years until the gods helped him leave.
Calypso
Very tragic, 0/10. Full of plague, tyrants, and incest.
Thebes
Her home is a real pigsty.
Circe
She was one of Priam's daughters who was taken as a war prize by Agamemnon.
Cassandra
The name for a group of plays performed together at a festival, like the City Dionysia.
trilogy
Great singers, but only Odysseus heard them.
Sirens
Are they filming the Bachelorette there? There is literally one eligible woman and 108 suitors. 3/10. Good hospitality.
Ithaca
This patient listener thinks that his kingdom is at the edge of the world.
Alcinous
This hero's death by Patroclus is featured on a famous 6th c. wine-mixing bowl.
Sarpedon
A name for a character that's not their name, like "swift-footed Achilles."
epithet
He has his own cheese-making industry but is bad at xenia.
Polyphemus
Vibes were off. Local family's son and stepmom were weirdly close. Artemis was there way too often. 2/10.
Troezen
The Mycenaean cousin who moved in and never really left.
Aegisthus
This daughter of Priam was a human sacrifice at the grave of a great Greek hero.
Polyxena
This platform was used in Greek tragedy to display a dead body.
ekkyklema
This bard was usurped by Odysseus in book 9 of the Odyssey.
Demodocus
Local woman has too many pets. My brother visited last fall and never came back. 5/10, enchanting atmosphere.
Aeaea
She'll never visit Troy. But at least her dad took her to the beach before he did.
Iphigenia
He was Achilles' son who is never actually mentioned in the Iliad.
Pyrrhus/Neoptolemus
Inherited pollution of the household especially prominent among the family of Atreus.
miasma
Menelaus gave him a big hug until he got what he wanted.
Proteus
A little out of the way, but has the nicest people I've ever met. The host's daughter will do your laundry if you ask. 9/10 - lost one point for the random weeping guy at dinner.
Scheria
Old shepherd who can't wait for his son to come back home.
Laertes