The Nile Euphrates Tigris Danube Danube Dnieper Dnieper Erythraean Sea Caspian Sea Black Sea Red Sea Caucasus Gandhara Italy Cremnoi Getae Cilicia Paeonia Pamphylia Illyria Atlas Caspiane Lotophagi Gerrians Dacia Scythian Neapolis Asbystai Sardinia Borysthenes Armenia Garamantes Terme River Massagetae Parthia Odrysians Celts Brygians Colchis Far Scythia Cappadocia Thyrea Hylaea Macai Cyprus Aléria Sogdia Ammonians Caucasus Gandhara Italy Cremnoi Getae Cilicia Paeonia Pamphylia Illyria Atlas Caspiane Lotophagi Gerrians Dacia Scythian Neapolis Asbystai Sardinia Borysthenes Armenia Garamantes Terme River Massagetae Parthia Odrysians Celts Brygians Colchis Far Scythia Cappadocia Thyrea Hylaea Macai Cyprus Aléria Sogdia Ammonians Posideion Saïs Kamarina Barca Carthage Cyzicus Tyre Babylon Petra Segesta Carpathian Mountains Messina Phasis Mesambria Rhegium Byzantium Ecbatana Istros Selinunte Tyras Tanaïs Awjila Memphis Messapii Syracuse Taranto Kaunos Velia Lindos Amathus Tartessos Crotone Nineveh Sybaris Apollonia Caere Sardis Gela Sidon Cyrene Persepolis Marseille Telmessos Ienysos Susa Siris Mt. Haemus Xanthos Gelonus Milas Gordium Pteria Egyptian Thebes Kourion Meroë Elephantine Pyrene Salamis Sinop Heliopolis Posideion Saïs Kamarina Barca Carthage Cyzicus Tyre Babylon Petra Segesta Carpathian Mountains Messina Phasis Mesambria Rhegium Byzantium Ecbatana Istros Selinunte Tyras Tanaïs Awjila Memphis Messapii Syracuse Taranto Kaunos Velia Lindos Amathus Tartessos Crotone Nineveh Sybaris Apollonia Caere Sardis Gela Sidon Cyrene Persepolis Marseille Telmessos Ienysos Susa Siris Mt. Haemus Xanthos Gelonus Milas Gordium Pteria Egyptian Thebes Kourion Meroë Elephantine Pyrene Salamis Sinop Heliopolis 4 8 0 B C invasio n b y X e rx e s Chalcidice Chalcidice Mithymna Mithymna Samothrace Samothrace Sounion Sounion Vardar Vardar Thera Thera Scione Scione Kos Kos Lefkada Lefkada Imbros Imbros Skyros Skyros Tainaron Tainaron Zakynthos Zakynthos Kythira Kythira Cape Maleas Cape Maleas Acarnania Acarnania Tenedos Tenedos Thasos Thasos Skiathos Skiathos Mykale Mykale Macedonia Macedonia Achaea Achaea Thesprotia Thesprotia Naxos Naxos Andros Andros Thermopylae Thermopylae Pieria Pieria Chios Chios Cicones Cicones Paros Paros Kythnos Kythnos Ithaca Ithaca Olynthus Olynthus Itanos Itanos Phylace Phylace Delphi Delphi Epidaurus Epidaurus Oreus Oreus Myrkinos Myrkinos Miletus Miletus Myrina Myrina Kydonia Kydonia Sigeion Sigeion Lampsacus Lampsacus Dodona Dodona Korkyra Korkyra Sicyon Sicyon Magnesia Magnesia Pylos Pylos Pergamon Pergamon Phthiotis Phthiotis Knidos Knidos Troy Troy Samos Samos Akanthos Akanthos Klazomenai Klazomenai Corfu Corfu Messene Messene Abydos Abydos Sparta Sparta Ermioni Ermioni Mytilene Mytilene Tinos Tinos Aegina Aegina Eïon Eïon Trachis Trachis Ephesus Ephesus Milos Milos Pindus Pindus Decelea Decelea Troezen Troezen Sane Sane Antikyra Antikyra Priene Priene Serifos Serifos Cardia Cardia Sifnos Sifnos Therma Therma Megara Megara Delos Delos Mantineia Mantineia Carystus Carystus Argos Argos Abdera Abdera Aphetai Aphetai Potidaea Potidaea Corinth Corinth Eleusis Eleusis Teos Teos Halicarnassus Halicarnassus Abae Abae Sestos Sestos Amphissa Amphissa Elis Elis Atarneus Atarneus Oaxos Oaxos Smyrna Smyrna Athens Athens Doriscus Doriscus Cyme Cyme Toroni Toroni Elaeus Elaeus Mt. Olympus Mt. Olympus Sepias Sepias Gonnoi Gonnoi Phocaea Phocaea Tegea Tegea Erythrae Erythrae Chalcis Chalcis Phlius Phlius Orchomenus Orchomenus Colophon Colophon Tiryns Tiryns Thespiae Thespiae Phalerum Phalerum Tanagra Tanagra Thebes Thebes Mt. Athos Mt. Athos Karystos Karystos Mycale Mycale Marathon Marathon Greece Greece in detail Aegean Sea Ionian Sea Mediterranean Sea Characters mentioned three or more times Atheneans: Alcmaeon, Ariphron, Aristogeiton, Callias II, Callimachos, Cimon, Cleisthenes, Codrus, Dicaios, Harmodius, Hipparchus, Hippias, Hippocleides, Isagoras, Megackes, Metiochus, Miltiades (48), Neocles, Peisistratos (62), Pheidippides, Sikinnus, Solon, Stesagoras, Tellus, Themistocles (41), Thrasybulus, Tisander, Xanthippus; Spartans: Agamemnon, Agis, Amompharetus, Amonpharetos, Anaxandridas II, Aneristus, Archidamus, Aristodemus, Aristomachus, Ariston, Bulis, Charilaus, Chilon, Cleodaios, Cleombrotus, Cleomenes I (76), Demaratus (50), Demarmenos, Dorieus, Eurybiades, Eurysthenes, Eurystus, Glaucus, Gorgo, Leon, Leonidas, Leotychides, Lycurgus, Menares, Nicolaos, Orestes, Pausanias (45), Percalos, Philokyon, Poseidonius, Sperthias, Syagrus, Talthybius, Tyndareus, Zeuxidemus; Others: Darius I (291), Xerxes I (242), Cyrus II (193), Croesus (183), Cambyses II (127), Mardonius (112), Amasis II (74), Astyages (60), Polycrates (55), Harpagus (50), Histiaeus (50), Aristagoras (47), Paris of Troy (46), Bardiya (45)... and 216 more. Footnote: The map uses an orthographic projection centered at Athens; regions far away from Greece appear smaller than they actually are. It is also scaled to 50% in the vertical direction as compared to the horizontal, to make better use of available space. placable locations mentioned three or more times Where a region is dominated by a large settlement (like a capital), the settlement is generally used instead of the region to save space. Some names in crowded locations on the map have been left out. Chapter Color Scale: I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX the place or the people was mentioned explicitly a character from nearby was mentioned city or mountain location For each location mentioned in a chapter, a hexagon with dark border is drawn near that location. For each character mentioned in a chapter, a hexagon with light border is drawn near the location the character comes from. The Histories by Herodotus Sources: Herodotus (G.C. Macaulay), “The History of Herodotus” published by The Project Gutenberg, 2015. Herodotus (A. Sélincourt) “The Histories” published by The Pengiun Group, 2003. © 2016 Mikael Onsjö