Ancient Ithaca: Ithaca is known all over the world as the homeland and kingdom of legendary Ulysses, the great hero of the Homeric poem Odyssey. In fact, the history of the island started in the prehistoric times, although we have no much evidences of that civilization. Traces of houses and walls that have been found do not permit archaeologists to make a clear description of life that time.
As shown by the poems of Homer and by excavations, the kingdom of Ithaca reached its peak during the Mycenaean times (1500-1100 B.C), and particularly when king Odyssey came on the thrown. Most information about this period is given by the poems of Homer and not by archaeological excavations.
From these poems, we learn about the high social and cultural life that developed on the island. Its economy was mostly based on agriculture, kettle breeding and navigation, while |
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