Mythological Sites

hill in Athens where Parthenon is built and where Athena and Poseidon fought for control of the city

Circe's home where Odysseus was for a year

Aeolus' floating island home

Italian town founded by Ascanius

Hill of Ares below Acropolis where judges rule on criminals

Mountainous and scarcely populated area in Greek Pelponnesus adopted by poets

famous temple on Acropolis dedicated to Athena

city named after Athena, site of Areopagus and the Acropolis

filthy stables where Hercules removes 30 years of waste from 3,000 cattle

port city where Greek army assembled before leaving to Troy

lake considered by ancients as the entrance to hell

body of water called the friendly sea and today known as the Black Sea

home of Semiramis, Pyramus and Thisbe

Also called Elysian Fields, Elysium, Islands of the Blest, the Fortunate Islands or the Happy Islands

fertile park and parade ground enclosed by the Tiber River in Rome and dedicated to Mars

N. African city founded by Queen Dido

land of perpetual darkness visited by Odysseus on his way home

Asian land where Medea was born and where Argonauts went to get the Golden Fleece

site near Athens where Oedipus retired

city founded by Sisyphus and site where Athena put bridle on Pegasus

Aegean Sea island where Zeus abducted Europa, where Theseus killed the Minotaur

Ionian Sea island where worship of Aphrodite originated and where she floated to from the sea-foam

site on the slopes of Mt. Parnassus where oracles and guidance were given and where Apollo's temple was located

Aegean island where Leto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis

city in Epirus and site of Zeus' most famous oracle

site of the Eleusinian Mysteries

region of underworld that was a place of peace and rest for souls of virtuous people

Asia Minor city that is site of the Temple of Artemis

Mnt. in Sicily where Enceladus' tomb and Hesphaestus' forge were located

dark place where where souls went past on the way to Hades

white temple on the Acropolis dedicated to Athena and Erechtheus

Atlas' garden where golden apples grew

mountains called Abyla and Calpe, they form the Strait of Gibralter

Greek abode of the dead, cold, gloomy and named for Greek god of the underworld

Boetian mountain sacred to Apollo and the Muses,site of a sacred fountain called the Hippocrene

ancient name for the Dardanelles, a strait joining Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmara

magical spring on Mt. Hellicon that was the inspiration to the Muses

body of water where Icarus fell and drowned

tallest mountain in Crete where Zeus was allegedly born

body of water possibly named for Io who swam across it after being changed into a cow

capital of Crete where King Minos had palace and Labyrinth

maze-like complex built by Daedalus at Knossos to house the Minotaur

Italian region conquered by Aeneas

capital of Latium

island sacred to Hephaestus since he was cared for there after he was kicked out of heaven

Aegean Sea island whose people were skilled musicians and whose women were beautiful also where Sappho was born

cave in Palatine Hill where the she-wolf nursed Romulus and Remus

600-mile river in Asia Minor bearing Oceans and Tethys' name

plain near Athens where the Greeks defeated the Persians and a battle that Theseus was said to have helped win

ancient town built on Greek Peloponnesus by Perseus

great outer stream of river said to encircle the Earth

Mtn. in Thessaly where Hercules threw himself to get relief from Nessus' poisoned shirt and where he made his own funeral pyre

Calypso's island home where she kept Odysseus for 7 years

plain where the original Olympic Games were held

home of the gods and goddesses

Mtn. in Thessaly that the Titans used to pile atop Mt. Pelion in their losing battle against the gods

river whose sands turned to gold when Midas bathed in it

Roman temple built to all the gods in 27 B.C. by Agrippa

Mtn. sacred to the Muses and named after the son of Posiedon

Doric temple built for Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis