Same island near Ithaca.
sceptered invested with authority or sovereignty.
shroud a cloth, often ornate, used to wrap a body for burial.
Sisyphus a cruel king condemned in Hades to the eternal, frustrating effort of rolling a huge stone uphill, only to have it always roll down again.
smoke ducts openings high on the walls to allow smoke to escape.
sodden thoroughly saturated, drunk.
Sparta inland city in southern Peloponnesus, located in Laconia, home of King Menelaus and Queen Helen.
squalls brief, sudden, and violent windstorms.
Styx one of the rivers of the Land of the Dead across which the souls of the dead are ferried.
suitors here, the men attempting to court Penelope.
Sungod Helios.
Tantalus a king punished in Hades by having to stand in water that recedes when he bends to drink it and beneath fruit that ascends when he reaches to eat it.
Thesprotia a region in northwestern Greece.
Thetis a sea goddess, the mother of Achilles.
Tithonus in ancient Greek mythology, husband of Dawn.
Troy an ancient city in Troas, northwestern Asia Minor, site of the Trojan War.
tunic a loose, gownlike garment, sleeved or sleeveless, hanging to the knees and worn by men as well as women.
