place
Aulis
also: Αὐλίς
The harbour where the Achaean fleet gathered before sailing for Troy, site of the omen — a serpent devouring eight sparrow chicks and their mother — that Calchas read as nine years of war and victory in the tenth.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §2.284 Aulis
The harbor where the Achaean fleet gathered before sailing for Troy; Odysseus recalls the omen seen there — a serpent devouring eight sparrow chicks and their mother, which Calchas read as nine years of war before Troy's fall in the tenth.