Odysseus' Tomb Discussion
Saturday October 1, 2005
The Ithaca of Odysseus may have been discovered. An article in the UK Times online is one of many to report that the (former) island has been identified by 26 locations described by Homer in the Iliad or Odyssey.Homer's Ithaca
Odysseus
James Diggle, a Cambridge professor of Greek and Latin says "the topography of Homer’s island fits the area 'like a glove'". Although once an island, the area now called Paliki is no longer separate from Cephalonia, as a result of landslides and earthquakes.
Diggle's co-authored work, Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer’s Ithaca, will be published on October 6 by Cambridge University Press.


Comments
No comments yet. Leave a Comment