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Scholars have been baffled for centuries.

In the Odyssey Homer gives a detailed description of Ithaca, Odysseus’ homeland.

But where is it?

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Robert Bittlestone had an inspired idea.

What if Paliki, the peninsula on the western coast of Kefalonia, was actually a separate island at the time of Odysseus?

Then it perfectly matches Homer’s description of Ithaca.

Our compelling research, from geophysics to classical history, means we are close to finding the answer!

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“[Bittlestone] is the first to have tried to prove in a systematic way that Paliki, during historical times, formed its own island as identified in Homer’s description of Ithaca. It is an original theory that needs to be investigated further.”… Read More

Prof. Denis Searby - Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

“The book provides… a departure point in an investigative project of impressive potency. This augurs well for its future acceptance.”… Read More

Prof. Adolfo J. Domínguez Monedero - University Autónoma of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

“This book is a gem. Its reconstruction of prehistoric Ithaca has a convincingly Homeric ‘look and feel’ to it. Reading the Odyssey is unlikely ever to be the same again”.… Read More

Prof. Gregory Nagy - Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington DC, USA

“The geological argument in particular is first-class and leaves me in no doubt about the possibility of the theory being proposed.”… Read More

Prof. Tjeerd van Andel - Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

[Bittlestone’s] case for equating Paliki with Ithaca is breathtakingly cogent. Site after site is shown to jibe with the details of Homer’s narrative.”… Read More

Prof. James Holoka - Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA

“’Epoch-making’ aptly describes what this book has unleashed.”… Read More

Dr Frederico Lourenço - Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Lisbon, Portugal

“Bittlestone’s theory is fundamentally simple… and it is almost certainly correct.”… Read More

Prof. Peter Green - University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

“There seems to be no doubt at all that Paliki was once a separate island from the rest of Kefalonia.”… Read More

Prof. Mary Beard - Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

Help us solve the greatest mystery of the Classical world

Scholars have been baffled for centuries.

Robert Bittlestone had an inspired idea.

Then it perfectly matches Homer’s description of Ithaca.

Be the first to find out about all our latest news and research results.

Latest News

Prof. James Diggle awarded CBE in New Year Honours

ABC Radio in Australia features Odysseus Unbound

Cosmic Ray Exposure dating samples collected

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