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A real battle for Odysseus: The Greek islands fighting over Homer's hero
Hello everyone! Please see the three links below for a) My article of 14th July in the Independent newspaper A Real Battle for Odysseus. I am afraid that anyone without a subscription to the Independent will have to pay £1 (or equivalent) to receive their paper for 6 months. b) An update of 19th July from the Greek Reporter on recent discoveries relating to the hero-worship of Odysseus in North Ithaca c) For the nerds amongst us I include a link to the essay Ulixes Redux by t


Some Freebies
From Saturday 14 to Wednesday 18 February inclusive these two books will be available FREE in eBook form. Available from Amazon UK or USA. www.janeocochrane.co.uk I am an architect and I have written two books about Ithaca: Odysseus’ Island and Walking in the Footsteps of Odysseus . I have since published essays by my two principal professional sources for these books. Firstly, an essay by the Philologist Professor George L Huxley can be accessed free in eBook form from th


Good News!
The really Good News is a change of heart at the Ministry of Culture in Athens concerning the archaeological site at Agios Athanasios in...


The Archaeological Evidence for the Palace of Odysseus on Ithaca
This publication collects together a paper concerning the excavation that took place at Agios Athanasios / School of Homer between 1994...


Free eBooks till 12th March
Walking in the Footsteps of Odysseus and The Excavation at Agios Athanasios in ebook form are free up until 12th March. Tell your...


On Homer's Ithaca
George and Davina Huxley on board the yacht Aphrodite off the coast of Ithaca This is the link https://ithacanhistorical.org/bulletin-2...


A Freebie
The iBooks of Walking in the Footsteps of Odysseus and The Excavation at Agios Athanasios will be available for free between 4pm Pacific...


Free eBook
Walking in the Footsteps of Odysseus: A Practical Guide to the Homeric Paths of Ithaca will be free in eBook form between midday GMT on...


In the footsteps of Odysseus on Ithaca - an update
I was happy with my talk for the Ithacan Historical Society in Melbourne. For anyone who missed it, who are still interested, they have...


Beyond the Pail
A message from my 'walk-checker' Nigel Summerley copied from his blog: https://nigel-summerley.blogspot.com "This photograph was never...


Free e-books
Saturday 7th January is Orthodox Christmas. To celebrate this two of my books about Ithaca will be free from Amazon as e-books from 7th...
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