Was Ithaca truly Odysseus’ home? New discoveries have revived debate on the Homeric hero due to rich archaeological and ...

Odysseus' journey to the land of the sorceress Circe may conceal a mystery leading to the earliest examples of LSD in ancient ...

An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating to the 14th–13th centuries BCE, during the Mycenaean palatial period.

Few figures in ancient mythology remain as legendary to this day as Odysseus, the fabled Greek king of Ithaca who devised the Trojan Horse, outwitted the Cyclops, and resisted the deadly call of the ...

These inscriptions provide new evidence about the cult of Odysseus in Ithaca. A miniature bronze bust of Odysseus ... Dating the fountain to the Mycenaean palace period seems highly probable, as ...

Boston College welcomes Professors Louis Epstein (Musicology, St. Olaf College) and Daniel Groll (Philosophy, Carleton College) to campus for an interdisciplinary week-long residency in April 2025.

Return to Ithaca: After a decade of trials, Odysseus reaches Ithaca to find his palace overrun by suitors vying for his wife Penelope’s hand.

Among the most compelling are two Hellenistic-era inscriptions. One reads ΟΔΥCCEOC—the genitive form of Odysseus, implying possession or dedication, likely referencing a palace or temple.

For more than a century, archeologists have looked for proof that a complex in Ithaca was related to Odysseus, now they have ...

On the Greek island of Ithaca, archaeologists recently uncovered new evidence that suggests ancient travelers once made ...

Fragments were also found with inscriptions bearing the name ΟΔΥCCEOC (Odysseus, in the genitive case), and some with his name likely in the dative case, possibly from a devotee: ΟΔΥCCEI, as well as a ...