07 Where does XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS take place?
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This article is from the Xena: Warrior Princess FAQ, by Paul Hilling p.hilling@bigfoot.com with numerous contributions by others.
07 Where does XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS take place?
The official MCA website (http://www.mca.com/tv/xena) says that
X:WP is: "...set in the 'Golden Age' of myth, long before ancient
Greece or Rome, on the distant frontier of known civilization far
away from the land of mighty Hercules".
**BUT** there is also this information that was taken directly
from Arbiter's original FAQ. (Special thanks to
rcarter@indirect.com for the following information):
X:WP is set in Ancient Greece - but they do move around...
Lacking graphics for a map, think of the ancient Greek world as
an upside-down "U". The left leg represents the Greek peninsula,
and the right leg represents Asia Minor (currently Turkey) --
number and letters are included as very rough guides.
E
XXXXX
XXXXXX 5 XXXXX
D XXXXX 4 6 XXXXX F
XXXXX XXXXX
C XXXXX 3 7 XXXXX G
XXXXX XXXXX
B XXXXX 2 8 XXXXX H
XXXXX XXXXX
A XXXXX 1 9 XXXXX I
For reference:
Athens is a little north of (1)
Sparta is a bit southwest of (1)
Troy is in the neighborhood of (7)
Xena was born in Amphipolis (5)
What happened to her between her leaving Amphipolis, and her
resurfacing in the Hercules episode "The Warrior Princess" is a
little vague. We do know that she fought many wars in or around
Corinth (1-inland) which is in Arcadia (A/1) -- including one
against the Centaurs ("Hooves and Harlots"). This placing of the
centaurs is a little odd being that the centaurs are from the
state of Thessaly (3).
We first meet Xena somewhere around Hercules' hometown of
Thebes(2), and from there she takes Iolaus to Arcadia before
Hercules ruins her plans.
Soon after she turns to good, Xena returns to Amphipolis. Since
Gabrielle followed her, presumably mostly on foot, Gabrielle's
home village can't be too far away from Amphipolis. It is
certainly no farther away than Thessaly (3/4).
In "Death in Chains", X & G are once again in Corinth (1-inland),
where Sisyphus is King. In the next episode shown, X & G are in
the realm of the Amazons (east of G).
However, since Centaurs are nearby, it implies they are still
near Corinth, or possibly now somewhere in Thessaly -- maybe this
is a rogue group of Amazons....
Other observations include:
In "Orphan of War" we learn that Xena's army fought a second
group of Centaurs led by Kaleipus. On that occasion she had been
seeking the Ixion stone, a Centaur relic which possessed all the
evil of their race.
In "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" we learned that Xena's army fought
Bacchus and was apparently almost wiped out (and yet she seems to
have won the battle).
For an extensive examination of Xena's history, review the
"History of Xena", available on the web
(http://www.xenite.org/xenahist.htm).
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