"Across that valley," he says, "lay the ancient island of Ithaca," home to Odysseus. Jeffrey Aaronson/Network Aspen A thin crescent of beach at Idyllic Atheras Bay may be the place where the ...

Odysseus – known to the ancient Romans as Ulysses – famously took 10 years to return home to Ithaca after the fall of Troy. On his journey, he was twice shipwrecked and encountered a cyclops ...

By Michaela Trimble While many countries still bare traces of the ancient civilizations ... of Nafplio and finally to Ithaca, the island Odysseus reputedly called home. Here, a practical guide ...

Long before Bing Crosby crooned “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” during World ... Odysseus’s deadly 10-year struggle to get back ...

His grandfather emigrated to Australia from Ithaca, the fabled home of Odysseus. Early in their marriage, Newson took Stockdale there to see a pristine piece of land he’d first spotted 15 years ...

On Wednesday, March 12, the Trojan War began in Ithaca with the powerful cries of Emily Wilson speaking in Ancient Greek. Yet this was no ordinary recitation of the words of one of the most iconic ...

The Op-Ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof sets sail for the Greek island of Cephalonia, in search of ancient Ithaca and traces of Homer's hero, Odysseus. Advertisement Nicholas Kristof, an Op-Ed ...

Odysseus – known to the ancient Romans as Ulysses – famously took 10 years to return home to Ithaca after the fall of Troy. On his journey, he was twice shipwrecked and encountered a cyclops ...