Odysseus Wasn’t Real. But He Had Real Worshipers in Ancient Ithaca.

 

 

 "Was the crafty monarch who dreamed up the Trojan Horse a flesh-and-blood ruler or just a figment of Homer’s imagination? Modern scholars generally view the epic poem as folklore. But in recent years, archaeologists working in Ithaca have found evidence that the ancients viewed the story quite differently. High on a rocky ridge, they have uncovered what might be antiquity’s most devoted fan club: the ruins of a sprawling, 2,400-year-old sanctuary with details suggesting that King Odysseus was a figure of local worship."

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