Prof. James Holoka
testimonial[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
Where was Doulichion? New evidence from a famous Greek map
postWe’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
postA 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
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pageOdysseus und Polyphemus, Arnold Böcklin (1896, public domain) Unlike Odysseus, it won’t take 20 years to get you home!
Prof. Mary Beard
testimonial“There seems to be no doubt at all that Paliki was once a separate island from the rest of Kefalonia.”… Read More
Prof. Tjeerd van Andel
testimonial“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. Gregory Nagy
testimonial“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