Glyn Iliffe - The Gates Of Troy (Adventures of Odysseus)

author of the bestselling Warrior of Rome series ‘This daring debut is a stirring retelling of classic Greek mythology complete with all its adventure, passion, battles and, of course, the characters who have remained fascinating over thousands of years. King of Ithaca proves to be a voyage of discovery – both for Odysseus and the readers. It’s an epic tale told with an academic’s eye for history and a born storyteller’s feel for credible dialogue and the power of suspense’

Lancashire Evening Post

‘The reader does not need to be a classicist by any means to enjoy this epic and stirring tale. It makes a great novel and would be an even better film’

Historical Novels Review

Glyn Iliffe studied English and Classics at Reading University where he developed a passion for the ancient stories of Greek history and mythology. Well-travelled, Glyn has visited nearly forty countries, trekked in the Himalayas, spent six weeks hitchhiking across North America and had his collarbone broken by a bull in Pamplona.

Also by Glyn Iliffe

King of Ithaca

The Armour of Achilles

FOR ROBIN ILIFFE

GLOSSARY

A

Achilles

– Myrmidon prince

Actoris

– Penelope’s body slave

Aeneas

– Dardanian prince, the son of Anchises

Agamemnon

– king of Mycenae

Ajax (greater)

– king of Salamis

Ajax (lesser)

– prince of Locris

Andromache

– daughter of King Eëtion of the Cilicians, allies of Troy

Antenor

– Trojan elder

Antinous

– Ithacan lad, bullying son of Eupeithes

Antiphus

– Ithacan guardsman

Apheidas

– Trojan commander

Aphrodite

– goddess of love

Apollo

– archer god, associated with music, song and healing

Arceisius

– squire to Eperitus

Ares

– god of war

Artemis

– virgin moon-goddess associated with childbirth, noted for her vengefulness

Athena

– goddess of wisdom and warfare

Aulis

– sheltered bay in the Euboean Straits

C

Calchas

– Trojan priest of Apollo

Chelonion

– flower native to Ithaca

Clytaemnestra

– queen of Mycenae and wife of Agamemnon

Ctessipus

– Ithacan lad, friend of Antinous and son of Polytherses

D

Deiphobus

– younger brother of Hector and Paris

Demeter

– goddess of agriculture

Diomedes

– king of Argos and ally of Agamemnon

Dulichium

– Ionian island, forming northernmost part of Odysseus’s kingdom

E

Eleusis

– port town on the Saronic Sea

Eperitus

– captain of Odysseus’s guard

Eteoneus

– herald of Menelaus

Euboea

– large island off the east coast of mainland Greece

Eupeithes

– Ithacan noble and former traitor

Eurotas

– Spartan river

Euryalus

– companion of Diomedes

Eurybates

– Odysseus’s squire

Eurylochus

– Ithacan soldier, cousin of Odysseus

Exadios

– Trojan soldier

G

Galatea

– a priestess of Artemis

H

Hades

– god of the Underworld

Halitherses

– former captain of Ithacan royal guard

Hecabe

– Trojan queen, wife of King Priam

Hector

– Trojan prince, oldest son of King Priam

Helen

– queen of Sparta, wife of King Menelaus

Hephaistos

– god of fire; blacksmith to the Olympians

Hera

– goddess married to Zeus

Hermes

– messenger of the gods; his duties also include shepherding the souls of the dead to the Underworld

Hesione

– sister of King Priam, abducted by Telamon

Hestia

– goddess of the hearth and protectress of the household

I

Ida (Mount)

– principal mountain in Ilium

Idaeus

– herald to King Priam

Idomeneus

– king of Crete

Ilium

– the region of which Troy was the capital

Ionian Sea

– sea to the west of the Greek mainland

Iphigenia

– eldest daughter of Agamemnon

Ithaca

– island in the Ionian Sea

K

Kerosia

– Ithacan council meeting

L

Lacedaemon

– Sparta

Laertes

– Odysseus’s father

Leothoë

– daughter of King Altes of the Leleges, allies of Troy

Lemnos

– island in the Aegean Sea

Lycomedes

– king of Scyros

M

Medon

– Malian commander

Melanthius

– Ithacan lad, brother of Melantho

Melantho

– Ithacan girl, sister of Melanthius

Menelaus

– king of Sparta and younger brother of Agamemnon

Menestheus

– king of Athens

Mentor

– close friend of Odysseus

Mnemon

– servant of Achilles, employed to remind him not to fight any of Apollo’s sons

Mycenae

– most powerful city in Greece, situated in north-eastern Peloponnese

Myrine

– Helen’s old nursemaid

Myrmidons

– the followers of Achilles

N

Neaera

– Helen’s body slave

Neoptolemus

– son of Achilles and Deidameia

Nestor

– king of Pylos

O

Odysseus

– king of Ithaca

Omeros

– Ithacan boy

Orestes

– son of Agamemnon

P

Palamedes

– Nauplian prince

Paris

– Trojan prince, second eldest son of King Priam

Parnassus (Mount)

– mountain in central Greece and home of the Pythian oracle

Patroclus

– cousin of Achilles and captain of the Myrmidons

Peisandros

– Myrmidon spearman

Peloponnese

– southernmost landmass of Greek mainland

Penelope

– queen of Ithaca and wife of Odysseus

Pergamos

– the citadel of Troy

Perithous

– Mycenaean gate guard

Persephone

– goddess of the Underworld, wife of Hades

Philoctetes

– Malian archer who lit the pyre of Heracles, for which he was awarded the hero’s bow and arrows

Phronius

– Ithacan elder

Pleisthenes

– youngest son of Menelaus and Helen

Podarces

– Thessalian leader, brother of Protesilaus

Polites

– Thessalian warrior

Polymele

– Clytaemnestra’s body slave

Poseidon

– god of the sea

Priam

– king of Troy

Protesilaus

– Thessalian leader, brother of Podarces

Pyrrha

– daughter of Lycomedes

Pythoness

– high priestess of the Pythian oracle

S

Samos

– neighbouring island to Ithaca, also under the rule of Odysseus

Saronic Sea

– body of water between Attica and the Peloponnese

Scamander

– river on the Trojan plain

Scyros

– island east of Euboea

Simöeis

– river on the Trojan plain

Sparta

– city in the south-eastern Peloponnese

Sthenelaus

– companion of Diomedes

T

Talthybius

– squire to Agamemnon

Taphians

– pirate race from Taphos

Tecton

– friend of Iphigenia

Telamon

– former king of Salamis, father of the greater Ajax

Tenedos

– island off the coast of Ilium

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