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Modern Ithaca can be seen to the west (in turquoise) Ulysses meets his father Laertes on Ithaca (Theodoor van Thulden, 1600) Ithaca (/ ˈ ɪ θ ə k ə /; Greek: Ιθάκη, Ithakē) was, in Greek mythology, the island home of the hero Odysseus. The specific location of the island, as it was described in Homer's Odyssey, is a matter for debate ...
Ithaca is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. The capital is Vathy (or Vathi). [1] [2] Modern Ithaca is generally identified with Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus, whose delayed return to the island is the plot of the epic poem Odyssey.
The Odyssey is an upcoming epic fantasy-action film written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan as an adaptation of the eponymous epic poem by Homer.Distributed by Universal Pictures and produced by Nolan's production company Syncopy, the film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the Ancient Greek king of Ithaca, and follows his journey home after the Trojan War to reunite with his wife ...
Ithaca most commonly refers to: Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's Odyssey; Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca; Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College; Ithaca, Ithaka or Ithica may also refer to:
Homer's epic poem in 24 books follows the King of Ithaca around the Mediterranean as he attempts to return home to his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, after a 10-year campaign in Troy.
"The World according to Homer", according to an 1895 map. The geography of the Apologoi (the tale that Odysseus told to the Phaeacians, forming books 9-12 of the Odyssey), and the location of the Phaeacians' own island of Scheria, pose quite different problems from those encountered in identifying Troy, Mycenae, Pylos and Ithaca.
The Oppenheimer director, 54, will adapt the mythical tale following the king of Ithaca as he journeys home after the Trojan War with an all-star cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya ...
Homer's Odyssey and the Near East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. — 1999. The Odyssey: Structure, Narration and Meaning. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Müller, W. G. 2015. "From Homer's Odyssey to Joyce's Ulysses: Theory and Practice of an Ethical Narratology." Arcadia 50(1):9–36. Perpinyà, Núria. 2008. Las criptas de ...