Earthquakes in Ithaca
Ithaca is seismic and often tested by the fury of Enceladus with major disasters occasionally.
Lost Cities and Villages
The first city founded was the Odyssean Asti . As for its location, the opinions of archaeologists are divided.
Homer and Odysseus
Ithaca, the small island in the Ionian Sea, is well known around the world from Homer’s epic poems “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” and his central hero, Odysseus.
Archaeology - Εxcavations
In contrast to the rich History of Ithaca, the archaeological research has been comparatively limited with the most important being done by foreign scientists in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Until the last century the clothes worn by the Ithacans were made of linen and woolen material which was produced on the island.
The wedding
Klidonas - Fortune telling
The 24th of June, St. John's day, was the day that the unmarried girls would find out their matrimonial future.
Children's games
The manufactured type games we have today were unknown at that time. The games played either indoors or outdoors were invented or discovered periodically by the children in order to fulfill their natural need for playing.
Lamentations
The poet does not write about life after death although this seems to be against the Christian religion.