School of Homer Ag. Athanasios excavations (Ithaca)

archaeological site · 2000 AD – 2099 AD

A site on Ithaca that local tradition links to both Homer and Odysseus. Excavations in 1998 near the Church of St. Athanasius documented a series of walls including both Bronze Age and Iron Age phases, as well as a Hellenistic building constructed using orthostates, and a circular structure with a diameter of more than 7 meters.

School of Homer Ag. Athanasios excavations (Ithaca)
Coordinates
38.46054, 20.63776
Also known as
Anaktoro tou Odyssea (el), Ecole d'Homere (fr), School of Homer (en), School of Homer (en), École d'Homère (fr), Ανάκτορο του Οδυσσέα (el)
Dating
attested

Sources

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