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The specific location of the island, as it was described in Homer's Odyssey, is a matter for debate. There have been various theories about its location. Modern Ithaca has traditionally been accepted to be Homer's island.
However the location was overlooked or dismissed by many subsequently, until the archaeologist Sotirios Dakaris excavated the site, beginning in 1958. He found evidence of sacrifices to the dead that matched Homer's description of those made by Odysseus. [40] Subsequently, the location was accepted by others as that described by Homer. [41] [42]
For Homer says also, 'Now after the ship had left the river-stream of Oceanus', [5] and, 'In the island of Ogygia, where is the navel of the sea', [6] where the daughter of Atlas lives; and again, regarding the Phaiakians, 'Far apart we live in the wash of the waves, the farthermost of men, and no other mortals are conversant with us.' [7] All ...
Gere shares Homer with his second ex-wife Carey Lowell, from whom he split in 2013. The actor also shares two younger sons — Alexander, 4, and a second child whose name hasn’t been announced ...
The Simpsons family has been brought to life thanks to a concept trailer created with AI, allowing us to imagine what a live-action adaptation of the show might look like Image credits: The Simpsons
During a recent episode, Homer declared he had stopped strangling his 10-year-old son because ‘times have changed’
Homer and His Guide (1874) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Today, only the Iliad and the Odyssey are associated with the name "Homer". In antiquity, a large number of other works were sometimes attributed to him, including the Homeric Hymns, the Contest of Homer and Hesiod, several epigrams, the Little Iliad, the Nostoi, the Thebaid, the Cypria, the Epigoni, the comic mini-epic ...
Richard Gere and his eldest son, Homer, were photographed in a rare appearance on the red carpet. The 74-year-old actor attended the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in France on May 17.