Was Odysseus’ Ithaca Really an Island? Scholars Question Centuries-Old Beliefs
Readers of Homer’s Odyssey have long imagined Odysseus’s hometown of Ithaca as a separate island. However, two scholars suggest this conventional belief is incorrect, positing that Ithaca is actually…
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