Homer's Ithaca Rediscovered
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The Discovery
Today's islands of Ithaca and Cephalonia lie to the west of Greece, between Corfu to the north and Zacynthos to the south. Although Ithaca is described as an island in the Odyssey, Homer's Cephallenians are the people who live there in the Iliad:
Odysseus led the gallant Cephallenians,
From Ithaca and leaf-quivering Neriton,
Iliad 2.631-2
When Odysseus makes himself known to King Alcinoos on the island of Scherie (thought to be Corfu) he introduces his homeland with a description that scholars have pondered over for many centuries:
I am Odysseus, Laertes' son, world-famed
For stratagems: my name has reached the heavens.
Bright Ithaca is my home: it has a mountain,
Leaf-quivering Neriton, far visible.
Around are many islands, close to each other,
Doulichion and Same and wooded Zacynthos.
Ithaca itself lies low, furthest to sea
Towards dusk; the rest, apart, face dawn and sun.
Odyssey 9.19-26
However today's island of Ithaca is not low-lying, it is mountainous. It is clearly not the furthest out to sea and it does not face towards dusk (i.e. west), nor do the adjacent islands face towards the dawn and sun (i.e. east). The geographical layout is almost opposite to that described by Homer, so how can his description of ancient Ithaca make any sense? And where are Same and the lost island of Doulichion?
Geology provides a vital clue. The Ionian Islands are located in one of the most tectonically active places in the world, where the African continental plate impacts that of Eurasia. Ten kilometres to the west of Cephalonia the seabed drops from a depth of 300 metres to an incredible 3 kilometres. Every month or so the ground shakes and every few decades there is a major earthquake: the last such event to impact the population was in August 1953.
But can earthquakes change the layout of entire islands? That was the challenge facing the exploration team in 2003. It has taken intensive efforts and the advice of experts from all over the world to answer this question. We now know that the answer is a resounding 'yes'.
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there is not there a mountain. only a hill 500 meter high...homer says:
Bright Ithaca is my home: it has a mountain,
Leaf-quivering Neriton, far visible.
FAR VISIBLE.FAR VISIBLE IS AINOS 1600 METER IN CHEFALONIA, FAR VISIBLE IS ELATI 1200 METER IN LEFKADA....NOT IN PALIKI
Please see the book Odysseus's Ithaca: The Discovery.
Berislav Brcković
Thanks.
Thank you very much for your question.This is a very good question.
My book Odysseus's Ithaca:The Discovery gives complitly answer to the question whay my theory about Ithaca is correct until Bitlestone's is not.
Regards.
Berislav
Bitlestone has'nt found ancient Ithaca.
Read the book Odysseus's Ithaca: The Discovery by Berislav Brcković.
Thanks.
Best,
Berislav
The home of this ancient mythological hero, one of the best known figures of human history, has finally beeen located.
Author: Berislav Brcković
Amater Bittlestone and his academic trabants doesn't know that all problems of exegesis actually derive from the fact that the exact meaning of Homer has not been grasped.
Bittlestone's tesis is not based on the vsersis of Homer in the Odyssey! Paliki is not and has never been Homer's Ithaca!
Paliki never been an island.
Berislav Brcković
Clearly, you're only posting here to promote your own book.
may ignore my theory,but they can not ignore true meaning Homer's words. That is the point!
The validity of your argument aside, you are *still* just spamming here in order to promote yourself.
What does it mean " world-renowed professors in the field" ? We do not know in advance who will discover essential new standpoints in science of Homerology.
Please if you can, read first my book and than tell me something "cleverish"!
I won't defend my knowledge of Homer, but as for Bittlestone's--his theory is backed by one Professor James Diggle, whom you see in this video involved in this project and whose knowledge of ancient Greek (and Homer) is immense. I suggest you look him up before assuming he knows nothing.
: The Discovery
Author: Brckovic, Berislav
A convincing, compelling argument..."
Review by Kirkus Discoveries,