vathy ithaca Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/vathy-ithaca Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Ithaca in History & Today http://travelsfinders.com/ithaca-in-history-today.html http://travelsfinders.com/ithaca-in-history-today.html#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:51:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=245086 There are two Ithacas – one the modern island of Ithaki, the other the Ithaca of the Odyssey. Many have tried to reconcile them, for, if Mycenae and Troy really existed, why not Odysseus palace at Ithaca? Archaeological and topographical surveys show some similarities between Homer’s descriptions and Ithaki. Thus in the south of the island, the bay where the Phaeacians put Odysseus ashore corresponds to Dexia Bay, while Eumaeus hut may be located on the Marathia Plateau above Raven’s Crag. Two sites in the north of Ithaki claim to be Odysseus palace – Alalkomenai and Platrithias. Both have Mycenaean

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