Paliki, Homer's "Ithaca"

M. Paliki

Map of Paliki (now) & surroundings: Homer said his Ithaca was "to the west, the furthest out to sea", and "low-lying"... (click the image to enlarge)

Paliki, Homer's "Ithaca", is (now) a peninsula of the island of Cephalonia (Kefalonia), in the Ionian islands of western Greece, at 38|18|39.72|N,20|25|06.70|E, (Wikimapia), (Google Earth). Paliki, among various other locations, sometimes has been identified in the past as having been the ancient location of Ithaca, the homeland of Odysseus, as described in the Homeric epic, the Odyssey.

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