Homeric geography

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Homeric geography is the study of the real and imagined places, regions, and spatial relationships described in Homer’s epics, especially as they relate to the Bronze Age Aegean world.

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Homeric geography canonical 1

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instanceOf field of study ⓘ
subfield of Homeric scholarship ⓘ
subfield of classical studies ⓘ
subfield of historical geography ⓘ
aimsTo assess historical accuracy of Homeric place descriptions ⓘ
reconstruct the spatial world of Homer’s audience ⓘ
understand symbolic functions of space in Homer ⓘ
concerns identification of Homeric place names with real sites ⓘ
mapping of Homeric landscapes ⓘ
reconstruction of Homeric travel routes ⓘ
relationship between poetic space and real geography ⓘ
developedFrom 19th-century classical philology ⓘ
antiquarian studies of the Mediterranean ⓘ
examines catalogue of ships in the Iliad ⓘ
city layouts and fortifications in Homer ⓘ
harbours and coastal descriptions in Homer ⓘ
mountains and rivers in Homeric poetry ⓘ
place lists and itineraries in the Odyssey ⓘ
sea routes and sailing times implied in the epics ⓘ
focusesOn the Iliad ⓘ
linked to: Homer's Iliad

the Odyssey ⓘ
linked to: The Odyssey
includesDebatesOn degree of myth versus reality in Homeric landscapes ⓘ
extent of Homer’s geographical knowledge ⓘ
historic reality of the Trojan plain described in the Iliad ⓘ
identification of Scheria ⓘ
itinerary of Odysseus ⓘ
location of Ithaca in the Odyssey ⓘ
location of Troy ⓘ
influencedBy Linear B decipherment ⓘ
Mycenaean archaeology ⓘ
archaeological discoveries at Hisarlik ⓘ
overlapsWith ancient maritime history ⓘ
historical cartography of the ancient world ⓘ
literary geography ⓘ
mythological geography ⓘ
relatedTo Aegean Sea ⓘ
Anatolia ⓘ
Black Sea region ⓘ
Ionian coast ⓘ
linked to: Ionian Sea coast

Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
central Greece ⓘ
islands of the Aegean ⓘ
relatesTo Bronze Age Aegean world ⓘ
Mycenaean Greece ⓘ
Trojan War tradition ⓘ
studies imagined locations mentioned in Homer ⓘ
places in the Homeric epics ⓘ
real locations mentioned in Homer ⓘ
regions in the Homeric epics ⓘ
spatial relationships in the Homeric epics ⓘ
uses ancient historical sources ⓘ
archaeological evidence ⓘ
comparative mythology ⓘ
nautical and navigational studies ⓘ
textual analysis of Homeric epics ⓘ
topographical surveys ⓘ

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