![]() Last updated at 8:06 PM on 25th August 2010Īrchaeologists believe they have found the palace of Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and hero of Homer's epic poem. Archaeologists find 'Odysseus's island palace'Įvidence that the Odyssey and Iliad may be true after all The complex also features and a well from the 8th century BC, roughly the period in which Odysseus is believed to have been king of Ithaca. Other finds on the site include a funerary enclosure, a large circular structure whose purpose is unknown, several storerooms and workshops, a sophisticated drainage system and fragments of pottery. A stairway cut into the solid bedrock of the hill provided easy access to the two levels. The excavation site is believed to be a large Mycenaean palatial building complex occupying two levels. “The Prime Minister assured us that he would help the Ministry of Culture with extraordinary funding to continue the excavations,” Stanitsas said. Then they stopped due to lack of funding and the economic crisis. ![]() The municipality finances with 120,000 euros the efforts of the Ministry of Culture and the municipality to promote the site,” the mayor said.įor 16 years archaeologists from the University of Ioannina carried out excavations in Agios Athanasios of Ithaca until 2009. “We discussed the issue of excavations in Ithaca where the palace of Odysseus was located. Like a modern Odysseys Tispras visited the island on Tuesday to announce that Greece finally reached its target and exited the bailout agreement. “The Prime Minister has assured us that the excavations at the Palace of Odysseus will resume,” the mayor of Ithaca, Dionysis Stanitsas, said in an interview with the state news agency amna. Excavations at the archaeological site believed to be the Palace of Homer’s epic hero Odysseus on the island of Ithaca are to resume after the Prime Minister promised the necessary funding.
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