Homer may never have said Ithaca was an island

A 3,000-year-old geography puzzle hides inside the Odyssey. YouTuber Honor Cargill-Martin examines an odd twist in the search for Homer's Ithaca: he may never actually have described Ithaca as an island at all. Researchers spent decades, longer than Odysseus's trip home, looking for an island. — Read the rest The post Homer may never have said Ithaca was an island appeared first on Boing Boing.

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