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Ismarus (Thrace)

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While at Ismaros, Odysseus spares Maron, the son of Euanthes and the priest of Apollo, and his family, out of respect for the god Apollo. Because of this, Maron gifts him a "goatskin bottle of black wine", some gold, and a mixing bowl. The wine was a strong and divine drink, as for each cup of wine,
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and his companions are blown off course to Ismaros. They sack the town, kill most of the men and divide the women and plunder among themselves, then begin to feast, despite Odysseus' advice that they leave immediately. Fugitives from this raid rouse others of the Cicones living inland, who gather an
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army to oppose Odysseus and his men. They appear in the morning in great numbers. Odysseus manages to escape, although he loses several men in the process. He embarks with the survivors and continues his journey home to
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by Homer and Stanley Lombardo, page 299: "... From Ilion the wind took me to the Cicones In Ismaros. I pillaged the town and killed the men."
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is visible to the south. It is uncertain if this mountain is the same Ismaros as Homer's Ismaros.
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20 times as much water was added to it to dilute it. He uses this wine to lull the
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Odyessus and His Companions Fighting the Cicones Before the City of Ismaros
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According to Book 9 of the Odyssey, following their departure from
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Ismarus was situated on a mountain of the same name, east of lake
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The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey
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Although Lake Ismaris is identified with the modern
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Index

Ismaros

study
Francesco Primaticcio
Ancient Greek
Cicones
ancient Thrace
Homer
Odyssey
Troy
Odysseus
Ithaca
Cyclops
Polyphemus

Samothrace
Ismaris
Pliny the Elder
Virgil
Lake Mitrikon
Homer
Odyssey
ISBN
978-0-06-124418-6
Virgil
Athenaeus
Deipnosophistae
Ovid
Metamorphoses
Stephanus of Byzantium

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