place
Thrinacia
also: Θρινακίη
The island where Helios pastures his sacred, undying cattle and sheep; Odysseus's crew, starving, kill some despite every warning, dooming themselves.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §11.100 Thrinacia
The island of the Sun's cattle, which Teiresias warns Odysseus above all to leave untouched — advice his men will fatally ignore in Book 12.