Ithaki or Paliki? Author dreams of finding the gold of Odysseus.
From the Guardian:
An improbable coalition of an economist turned management consultant, and two British professors of classics and geology, yesterday announced they had cracked the true location of Homer's Ithaca, one of the riddles of the ancient world. They claim that it was not the Greek island of Ithaki, as the islanders have proudly boasted for centuries, but a peninsula of Kefalonia.
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"You could say Homer didn't care, he was writing a poem, not a Michelin guide - but what if Homer was right all along, what if the geography of the land has changed?" Mr Bittlestone said. He believes Paliki matches Homer's description of the island in detail and dreams that the gold of Odysseus may one day be found there.
According to the article, the trio has a book coming out next week.
(You can probably guess where this is going to go, right?)
WHO CARES?
Posted by: C.C. | 30 September 2005 at 01:29 PM
Weird. I totally responded to your comment about two hours ago, but apparently it didn't go through.
I really only posted about this because I wanted to see you freak out. Go me.
Posted by: leila | 30 September 2005 at 03:59 PM
So after their book comes out, how long til we get "Cracking the Ithaki Code"?
Posted by: adrienne | 30 September 2005 at 07:15 PM