MAPPA MUNDI
West-Central — The Mediterranean
Mare Nostrum and Its Shores
Rome · Constantinople · Athens · Crete · Troy
The Mediterranean dominates the center-left, teeming with islands and peril. Rome and Constantinople face each other across the sea. The labyrinth of Crete is drawn as a geometric building. Troy still stands on the map — the past is as present as the present. Sirens perch on rocks. The sea is not empty space but populated territory.
INHABITANTS & CREATURES
• Sirens — half-woman, half-fish, singing sailors to their deaths
• The Minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete (shown as a building)
• Sea serpents coiling between the islands
"The Great Sea which is called the Mediterranean."