Greek town-states. At enough time, "Greece" wasn't yet a country and was, alternatively, a gaggle of warring town-states all vying for dominance on the Peloponnesus. These town-states, Sparta and Pylos, lie east of Ithaca, Odysseus' island home within the Ionian sea, and as a consequence lie nearer to Troy and also the route on which Odysseus trave