For each location mentioned in a chapter, a hexagon with dark border is drawn near that location. Dnieper For each character mentioned in a Gelonus The Histories by Herodotus chapter, a hexagon with light border is drawn near the location the character Hylaea comes from. placable locations mentioned Celts Danube Pyrene three or more times Chapter Color Scale: Gerrians Carpathian Mountains Tanaïs Where a region is dominated by a large settlement (like a capital), Far Scythia the settlement is generally used instead of the region to save space. I III V VII IX Some names in crowded locations on the map have been left out. Dacia Tyras Borysthenes II IV VI VIII Cremnoi Istros the place or the people was Illyria Scythian Neapolis mentioned explicitly Getae Marseille Odrysians Black Sea a character from nearby was Aléria Italy Mesambria Caucasus Massagetae Phasis mentioned Paeonia Sinop Pteria Caere Brygians Apollonia city or mountain location Mt. Haemus Caspian Byzantium Colchis Sea Sardinia Taranto Thyrea Sogdia Siris Velia Messapii Terme River Cyzicus Gordium Sybaris Crotone Cappadocia Sardis Armenia Messina Segesta Rhegium Greece Tigris Caspiane Tartessos Gela Pamphylia Parthia Carthage Selinunte Syracuse Milas Kaunos Cilicia Telmessos Nineveh Kamarina Lindos Posideion Xanthos Salamis Euphrates Kourion Ecbatana Amathus Gandhara Cyprus Tyre Sidon Cyrene Lotophagi Babylon Susa Barca Garamantes Macai Saïs Ienysos Heliopolis Petra Atlas Persepolis Asbystai Awjila Memphis Ammonians Egyptian Thebes Greece in detail Elephantine BC invasion b Myrkinos 480 y Xe rxes Red Macedonia Abdera Cicones Eïon Doriscus Sea Therma The Nile Olynthus Akanthos Thasos Cardia Sestos Pieria Vardar Samothrace Lampsacus Chalcidice Sane Imbros Abydos Pindus Mt. Olympus Potidaea Mt. Athos Myrina Sigeion Elaeus Scione Toroni Gonnoi Tenedos Troy Korkyra Dodona Thesprotia Sepias Erythraean Aphetai Corfu Meroë Phylace Mithymna Mytilene Pergamon Sea Trachis Skiathos Atarneus Trachis Phthiotis Oreus Aegean Atarneus Lefkada Acarnania Cyme Skyros Phocaea Amphissa Thermopylae Sea Chios Smyrna Abae Chalcis Erythrae Ithaca Thebes Klazomenai Achaea Delphi Thespiae Tanagra Mykale Antikyra DeceleaMarathon Carystus Eleusis Teos Colophon Sicyon Ephesus Corinth Andros Zakynthos Elis Phlius Megara Athens Orchomenus Karystos Samos Magnesia Argos Epidaurus Mycale Mantineia Aegina Phalerum Tinos Priene Tegea Tiryns Sounion Delos Miletus Characters mentioned three or more times Troezen Kythnos Messene Ermioni Alcmaeon, Ariphron, Aristogeiton, Callias II, Callimachos, Cimon, Cleisthenes, Codrus, Dicaios, Harmodius, Hipparchus, Serifos Atheneans: Serifos Halicarnassus Hippias, Hippocleides, Isagoras, Megackes, Metiochus, Miltiades (48), Neocles, Peisistratos (62), Pheidippides, Sikinnus, Solon, Pylos Sifnos Paros Ionian Sparta Naxos Kos Stesagoras, Tellus, Themistocles (41), Thrasybulus, Tisander, Xanthippus; Knidos Sea Cape Maleas Milos Spartans: Agamemnon, Agis, Amompharetus, Amonpharetos, Anaxandridas II, Aneristus, Archidamus, Aristodemus, Aristomachus, Ariston, Thera Bulis, Charilaus, Chilon, Cleodaios, Cleombrotus, Cleomenes I (76), Demaratus (50), Demarmenos, Dorieus, Eurybiades, Eurysthenes, Tainaron Eurystus, Glaucus, Gorgo, Leon, Leonidas, Leotychides, Lycurgus, Menares, Nicolaos, Orestes, Pausanias (45), Percalos, Philokyon, Kythira 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), Kydonia Polycrates (55), Harpagus (50), Histiaeus (50), Aristagoras (47), Paris of Troy (46), Bardiya (45)... and 216 more. Oaxos 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 Sources: Herodotus (G.C. Macaulay), “The History of Herodotus” published by The Project Gutenberg, 2015. Mediterranean Sea Herodotus (A. Sélincourt) “The Histories” published by The Pengiun Group, 2003..