Odyssey's End? The Search for Ancient Ithaca

"Since ancient times, the location of Homer's Ithaca has been one of literature's great conundrums...Modern scholars have proposed numerous locations, some as far afield as Scotland or the Baltic...A British researcher believes he has at last pinpointed the island to which Homer'...

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Published inSmithsonian p. 92
Main Author Bordewich, Fergus M
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.2006
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Homer (8th cent. B.C.)
Ithaca Island (Greece)
Odysseus (Greek mythology)
Odyssey
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Summary:"Since ancient times, the location of Homer's Ithaca has been one of literature's great conundrums...Modern scholars have proposed numerous locations, some as far afield as Scotland or the Baltic...A British researcher believes he has at last pinpointed the island to which Homer's wanderer returned." (Smithsonian) This profile details Robert Bittlestone's theory that the landscape of Homer's Odyssey can still be found on Cephalonia, an island off of Greece's western coast.
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ISSN:0037-7333
1930-5508