I
Laertes
Lord of the Cephallenians who held Same and the neighbouring isles; in old age withdrew to his farm on Ithaca while suitors devoured his son's house.1
II
Odysseus
Succeeded Laertes as lord of the Cephallenians; captain of their contingent at Troy and king of rocky Ithaca.2
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HER SKY
a mini-galaxy of 25 dwellers
the sky drifts, waiting
ON THE MAP
in Cephallenia — Ionian Islands
Coordinates: Pleiades gazetteer, CC BY · place 530826