like a sea-gull that roams the waves.....(σαν γλάρος των κυμάτων δρομέας....)

     Text & Copyright: Hettie Putman Cramer & Makis Metaxas

Odysseus as a "sea-gull" that roams the waves

This following excerpt from 'Alexandra' of Lycophron (4th century BC) is 'puzzling' and highly prophetic. It is one of the 'darker' and yet most famous poems of Greek antiquity. It locates Odysseus' palace, where all

Odysseus Kingdom and the location of Homer's Ithaca

 Text & Copyright: Hettie Putman Cramer & Makis Metaxas

Myceanaean  Greece 1250 B.C

The search for Homer’s Ithaca and the controversy over whether it could be definitely identified with the Ithaki of historical times appears to date back to very early in the historical era. Of the ancient writers, Strabo (C 454) is the one who tells us most about the doubt in the minds of the geographers and historians