Re: The Search for Homer's Ithaca

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:02:06 GMT, "Alan Crozier"
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Peter Alaca wrote:
Alan Crozier <name1.name2@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:

"Peter Alaca" wrote in message


If I drill a hole in my backyard, I will not find any limestone
but
I will find a lot of lot marine fossils, not only micro, but
macro.
I think that is very encouraging.
But of course I first have to write a book before I start
drilling.



I presume the rest of the island of Kefallinia does have a solid
limestone bedrock. I don't think it's only the marine fossils that
make this former channel different from the land on either side.

Good luck with the book, Peter. I hope you can interest Cambridge
University Press in it.


Thanks Alan. I will keep the group informed about the titles.

BTW. I only was commenting on the text of the press-release.
I didn't read the book, but I know who John Underhill is, so I
suppose at least the geology is okay.

The whole discussion seems a little otiose. Kefalonia and Ithaca are
next to each other. What difference does it make if Homer was a few
miles out?


The authors' claim is not that Homer was a few miles out, but that
Homer's description was spot-on. What has happened, they say, is that
the name Ithaca was later applied to a different island which is a few
miles out.

It might not be otiose either if the new identification of Homer's
Ithaca is correct. If there is a "palace of Odysseus" to be found it is
more like likely to be discovered if the archaeologists dig in the right
place and not on a different island. That's the point of the new claim.

Alan

A possible mechanism for the transport of the name could be also be
related to an earthquake. If the original Ithaca was really badly
clobbered by an earthquake, the survivors may have relocated to a more
inhabitable location. The undersea valley lined up with the
now-filled-in channel strongly suggests a fault. If the old Ithaca
abruptly moved about 20 feet parallel to the fault line, every
structure that was bigger than a dog house would have collapsed. If
this was the case, there might be some really interesting stuff buried
in the ruins of a "palace of Odysseus" - especially if the survivors
bailed out and resettled in "New Ithaca" rather than trying to rebuild
or do extensive salvage work.
.

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