For each location mentioned in a chapter,
a hexagon with dark border is drawn near
that location.
Dnieper
III
II
IV
Danube
Pyrene
Gerrians
Carpathian Mountains
V
VII
VI
placable locations mentioned
three or more times
Hylaea
Celts
Chapter Color Scale:
I
The Histories by Herodotus
Gelonus
For each character mentioned in a
chapter, a hexagon with light border is
drawn near the location the character
comes from.
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.
Tanaïs
Far Scythia
IX
Tyras
Dacia
VIII
Borysthenes
Cremnoi
Istros
the place or the people was
mentioned explicitly
Illyria
Scythian Neapolis
Getae
Marseille
Black Sea
Odrysians
a character from nearby was
mentioned
city or mountain location
Aléria
Mesambria
Italy
Sardinia
Siris
Velia
Sybaris
Messina
Segesta
Tartessos
Carthage
Paeonia
Brygians
Caere
Selinunte
Gela
Colchis
Crotone
Cappadocia
Sardis
Greece
Caspian
Sea
Armenia
Caspiane
Tigris
Syracuse
Pamphylia
Milas
Kamarina
Sogdia
Terme River
Gordium
Cyzicus
Rhegium
Massagetae
Caucasus
Phasis
Pteria
Byzantium
Thyrea
Taranto
Messapii
Sinop
Apollonia
Mt. Haemus
Parthia
Cilicia
Kaunos
Telmessos
Nineveh
Lindos
Posideion
Xanthos
Euphra
Salamis
tes
Kourion
Ecbatana
Gandhara
Amathus
Cyprus
Tyre
Sidon
Cyrene
Lotophagi
Babylon
Susa
Barca
Garamantes
Macai
Ienysos
Saïs
Petra
Heliopolis
Atlas
Persepolis
Asbystai
Memphis
Awjila
Ammonians
Egyptian Thebes
Greece in detail
Elephantine
in v a s io n b y X
480 BC
erx
Myrkinos
Abdera
Macedonia
Cicones
es
le
e
Th
Doriscus
Eïon
Therma
Olynthus
Vardar
Pieria
Mt. Olympus
Pindus
Potidaea
Dodona
Sepias
Corfu
Mt. Athos
Samothrace
Trachis
Acarnania
Ithaca
Zakynthos
Ionian
Sea
Elis
Phthiotis
Lampsacus
Sigeion Elaeus
Myrina
Toroni
Tenedos
Troy
Aphetai
Oreus
Erythraean
Sea
Meroë
Mytilene
Mithymna
Aegean
Sea
Skiathos
Skyros
Amphissa Thermopylae
Chalcis
Abae
Thebes
Tanagra
Achaea
Delphi AntikyraThespiae
Decelea Marathon
Carystus
Eleusis
Sicyon
Corinth
Andros
Athens
Megara
Phlius
Orchomenus
Karystos
Argos Epidaurus
Aegina Phalerum
Mantineia
Tegea
Sounion
Tiryns
Kythnos
Troezen
Ermioni
Messene
Serifos
Pylos
Sestos
Abydos
Imbros
Phylace
Lefkada
Red
Sea
Cardia
Thasos
Sane
Scione
Gonnoi
Korkyra Thesprotia
Akanthos
Chalcidice
Ni
Sparta
Sifnos
Cape Maleas
Milos
Atarneus
Cyme
Phocaea
Chios
Erythrae Klazomenai Smyrna
Mykale
Colophon
Teos
Ephesus
Samos Mycale
Tinos
Paros
Delos
Magnesia
Priene
Miletus
Halicarnassus
Naxos
Kos
Thera
Tainaron
Kythira
Kydonia
Oaxos
Pergamon
Knidos
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.
Itanos
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.
© 2016 Mikael Onsjö
Mediterranean Sea
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.