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The geographical references in the Odyssey to the various locations seem confused and have given rise to much scholarly argument, beginning in ancient times. Odysseus' Ithaca is usually identified with the island Ithaki, as it shares the same name with the ancient location and has archaeological and historical associations with the Odyssey.
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The School of Homer presented in The geography and antiquities of Ithaca in 1806. The island has been known as Ithaca from an early date, as coins and inscriptions show. Coins from Ithaca frequently portray Odysseus, and an inscription from the 3rd century BC refers to a local hero-shrine of Odysseus and games called the Odysseia. [16]
Strabo: Geography (Loeb Classical Library ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. William Gell—writing in 1807—he believed Homer's "Ithaca" was on the Aetos isthmus of Ithaki island, facing east, in or near the bay of Vathy. The Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. 1807.
The Odyssey (/ ˈ ɒ d ɪ s i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. Like the Iliad, the Odyssey is divided into 24 books.
The Odyssey is one of the oldest recorded stories in existence, dating back to the 7th or 8th century BCE. Homer's epic poem in 24 books follows the King of Ithaca around the Mediterranean as he ...
Ismarus mountain; Samothrace is visible to the south. It is uncertain if this mountain is the same Ismaros as Homer's Ismaros. Ismarus was situated on a mountain of the same name, east of lake Ismaris, on the southeast coast of Thrace. [4]
Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” will be partly filmed in Sicily which, according to scholars, was a location for Ulysses’ wanderings in the epic composed by Homer around ...