Ismaros
(town): Tragurion, Trogir
Town occupied by the KIKONES (a people from the environs of ...),
sacked by Odysseus: |
ix, 40:
"From Ilios the wind bore me and brought me to the Cicones,
to Ismarus. There I sacked the sity and slew the men; and from
the city we took their wives and great store of treasure, and
divided them among us, that so far as lay in me no man might
go defrauded of an equal share."
ix, 198:
"With me I had a goat-skin of the dark, sweet wine, which
Maro, son of Euanthes, had given me, the priest of Apollo, the
god who used to watch over Ismarus.
...continue
quote describing sweet wine......"
Though the name of Ismaros contains root *mor- 'sea', suggesitng
salt pans of Salona, an identification with Trogir is forced through
the sweetness of the The island of XXX opposite Trogir is known
for its honey
Also, this wine is one which had wretched and hallucinatory effects
on whomever drank it, suggesting some sort of wormwood liquor
(absinthe) ...connections with tragos, trogos, <spelt> etc....
The very name of the KIKONES itself suggests a Grecizing (yielding
the senseless meaning of 'stork') from a form si-po- (+ones)
That Ismaros was the only town visited by Odysseus, other than
ITHAKA (Donja Vrucica) itself, points to the economic decadence
of the entire region of Troy after the Trojan War.
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