Research Plans for 2021
In 2021 we will focus our research plans on the search for evidence to determine conclusively whether Paliki was a separate island at the time of Odysseus.… Read More
First English dictionary of ancient Greek since the Victorian era
Huge congratulations to Professor James Diggle, one of the founding members of the Odysseus Unbound team! James led the team behind the Cambridge Greek Lexicon – a magnificent work of scholarship.… Read More
Inspired by Odysseus
Marco Grieco has been so inspired by the Odysseus Unbound project, he’s featuring it in his new novel. The Italian composer of ”Odissea the Musical’ spoke to us on a recent visit to Kefalonia. … Read More
2020 fieldwork starts in spite of COVID pandemic
By unexpected good fortune and against all odds, we have been able to start our field research this summer!… Read More
Odysseus Unbound at Athens archaeology conference
Recent results of our survey work on the Livadi Marsh was presented to an audience of scientists and archaeologists at a conference in Athens in January 2020. Find out how the data supports our theory that this was Odysseus’ harbour on Ithaca.… Read More
Where was Doulichion? New evidence from a famous Greek map
We’ve found important new evidence that the modern island of Ithaki was once called Doulichion. It’s from a very famous Greek map of the late 18th century.… Read More
Analysis of the marine sediment cores has begun
A team of scientists from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has begun the careful micropalaeontological analysis that will give us the all-important dates for when sea levels rose to fill the channel between Paliki and the rest of Kefalonia.… Read More