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Gregory Pappas

Odysseus Came Home to Ithaca. Unless, of Course, Ithaca Was Really Kefalonia

Odysseus spent ten years trying to get home. Nearly three thousand years later, while audiences debate Christopher Nolan’s casting choices and filming locations, scholars are still engaged in far more substantive arguments about where that home actually was. For most of us, the answer seems obvious. Odysseus was king of Ithaca, and Ithaca is the […]

August 1, 2026

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