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 the eminent classicist, philologist and archaeologist Professor George L Huxley. In this essay he debunks claims from neighbouring islands to be the true Homeric Ithaca and explains that ancient and modern Ithaca are one and the same.

Links:

1. My article in the Independent:

www.independent.co.uk

A real battle for Odysseus: the Greek islands fighting over Homer’s hero

Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ will introduce millions to the epic voyage of Odysseus. But behind the myth lies a decades-long archaeological dispute between Kefalonia and Ithaca over the true location of his homeland. Jane Cochrane has been documenting the tale for years, and says the time has come for the neglected excavations on Ithaca to finally settle the argument

2. The article in the Greek Reporter: Here

3. Ithacan Historical Society Bulletin with the essay by George L Huxley:

ithacanhistorical.org

Bulletin vol. 2 (2024) — Ithacan Historical Society · Ιστορική Εταιρεία της Ιθάκης