Homeric Greece

2836822212_64d2a301d1_o.png (292 KB)

The location of Ithaca, home island of Odysseus as mentioned in Homer, has long been a matter of debate, since Homer’s description doesn’t match the topography of modern Ithaca.

There’s an interesting Channel 4 video at CNN about team of British scientists including Professor John Underhill of Edinburgh University and Robert Bittlestone of the ‘Odysseus Unbound’ project, who think they’ve found the location of the Homeric Ithaca.

It’s actually a remarkably dull video, which is why I’ve uploaded this amazingly cool map of Homeric Greece from Wikipedia instead of a screencap.

Anyway, the team has used soundwave data to determine that an area that’s now a valley might once have been a channel, and might hide the buried remains of a lost Greek city.

CNN Video:edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/09/07/rush.ithaca.mystery.itn


  •  

  • Leave A Comment

    Subscribe
    Notify of
    6 Comments
    Inline Feedbacks
    View all comments
    sylvanish

    What are the name tags referring to? Place of death? What about the different colors? I need a key

    PenguinBob

    The name tags refer to where the various heroes came from. The crosses just tell whether the hero died in the Iliad.

    Svartmetall

    Is there a Bartic Greece?

    deuce

    I read that as “homoerotic Greece”…

    Advertisements Alcohol Animated Images Architecture Art Awesome Things Batman Bikinis Cars Comic Books Computers Corona Virus Outbreak of 2020 Cosplay Cute As Hell Animals Donald Trump Drugs Fantasy - Science Fiction Fashion Food Forum Fodder Gaming Humor Military Motorcycles Movie Posters Movie Reviews Movies Music Music Videos Nature NeSFW Politics Religion Science! Sexy Sports Star Trek Star Wars Technology Television Vertical Wallpaper Wallpaper Weapons Women WTF

    480 x 360 500 x 281 500 x 375 500 x 500 500 x 750 600 x 450 600 x 600 600 x 750 600 x 800 600 x 900 640 x 480 640 x 640 640 x 800 640 x 853 640 x 960 720 x 720 720 x 960 750 x 600 800 x 600 800 x 800 960 x 720 960 x 960 1024 x 683 1024 x 768 1080 x 1080 1080 x 1350 1200 x 630 1200 x 800 1200 x 900 1280 x 720 1280 x 800 1280 x 960 1280 x 1024 1440 x 900 1600 x 900 1600 x 1200 1680 x 1050 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1200 2048 x 1536 2560 x 1440 2560 x 1600 3024 x 4032 3840 x 2160 x

    ABoringDystopia Amoledbackgrounds AnimalsBeingDerps ATBGE awfuleverything Celebhub Celebs CityPorn comicbookart conceptart cosplaygirls Cyberpunk DesignPorn EarthPorn evilbuildings Eyebleach Faces FreckledGirls funny gentlemanboners hmmm ImaginaryStarships ImaginaryTechnology InfowarriorRides interestingasfuck MarchAgainstNazis marvelmemes marvelstudios memes MilitaryPorn nocontextpics OldSchoolCool pics PoliticalHumor PrequelMemes ProgrammerHumor PropagandaPosters RetroFuturism sbubby StarshipPorn startrekmemes StarWars TIHI UrbanHell wallpaper

  • here's some related content from the store: