Where on Earth Is Ithaca?
A Quest for the Homeland of Odysseus
Distributed for Eburon Academic Publishers, Utrecht
187 pages
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34 color plates, 11 halftones, 15 maps
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5 4/5 x 8 1/5
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© 2010
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Homer and Ithaca
The Trojan War
The situation in Ithaca
The Odyssey
2 The dispute among Homeric experts
The researchers of antiquity
The research from the nineteenth century to the First World War
The research between the World Wars
The research and theories after the Second World War
3 Homeric passages analysed
Conclusions
4 Where on Earth is Homer’s Ithaca?
Is Ithaca itself an island?
Choosing the correct part of an island
Homer’s Ithaca, fatherland of Odysseus
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Homer and Ithaca
The Trojan War
The situation in Ithaca
The Odyssey
2 The dispute among Homeric experts
The researchers of antiquity
The research from the nineteenth century to the First World War
The research between the World Wars
The research and theories after the Second World War
3 Homeric passages analysed
Conclusions
4 Where on Earth is Homer’s Ithaca?
Is Ithaca itself an island?
Choosing the correct part of an island
Homer’s Ithaca, fatherland of Odysseus
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Review Quotes
Nanno Marinatos, University of Illinois at Chicago
“In this exciting book Cees H. Goekoop takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the world of the Odyssey and tries to unlock the mystery: which of the Ionian islands is Ithaca?”
Robert Bittlestone, author of Odysseus Unbound
“There are many good reasons why this book should reach a wider audience. Mr. Goekoop demonstrates the importance of analyzing the local geography from the large number of clues provided in the Odyssey. His methodology and research are outstanding.”
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