Nauplia
place · 4 works · 5 mentions · 5 anchored passages
harbor of Nauplia
in the texts
Electra
The Argive harbor where a traveler from Troy reportedly landed and brought news of Achilles's shield.
I heard, from someone who had arrived at the harbor of Nauplia from Ilium, that on the circle of your famous shield, O son of Thetis, were wrought these signs, a terror to the Phrygians:
But as for your mother, Menelaus, who has arrived at Nauplia only now after capturing Troy, will bury her, with Helen helping him;
Helen
Greek port city, named as the destination Menelaos prays to reach safely.
O Poseidon of the sea, who lives in the deep, and you holy daughters of Nereus, bring me and my wife safe and sound from here to Nauplia’s shore!
Iphigenia in Tauris
Port town near Argos, named by Iphigenia as a place where her true brother would be known.
He is well known in Argos and Nauplia.
Orestes
The harbor of Argos where Menelaus's fleet has anchored on returning from Troy.
And now tell me, young ladies, where to find the son of Agamemnon, who dared such evil.
his fleet now crowds the haven of Nauplia where he has come to anchor on the shore, returned at last from Troy after ceaseless wanderings;