Interactive map of the Odyssey with tap-to-gloss Homeric Greek
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Built an interactive atlas of Odysseus's voyage. See where the stops fall in today's world, with etymological and knowledge nuggets. 17 stops from Troy to Ithaca. Every stop has Homer's actual Greek (Perseus TEI), Murray's 1919 translation, and every single Greek word is tappable for a translation.Press N and the ancient chart swaps to today's satellite view: these are real places (e.g. Scylla refers to a town called Scilla in Calabria).Stack: SvelteKit static + MapLibre, no backend, all public-domain texts and art with a full colophon. Please leave corrections and feedback!
HN · launched Aug 21, 2026 · 8 upvotes (top 53%) · 0 views
Niche: digital history and reference archives · 150 launches, 6 in the last 7 days ▼ -57% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Education
- Content generation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 150 launches in digital history and reference archives →
Could you build this?
Yes This is a static content presentation app combining public domain ancient Greek texts, Leaflet/Mapbox maps, and lexicon popups that can be easily scaffolded with standard frontend frameworks.
Discussion
3 comments analyzed.
Feature requests: ship should follow water route instead of straight line
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 96 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #48 of 97 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 226 days after the earliest competitor.
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