Ancient Tomb Found On Greek Island

The Charlotte Observer ^ | 3-5-2008 | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Soliton]

Odysseus means “stinky” in Greek. I wrote a paper in high school that claimed the adventures of Odysseus were comedy in the modern sense. It’s a collection of drunken stories that a husband tells his wife when he gets home later than planned. “Honestly honey!”

My teacher hated the idea.

[zeestephen]

Scholarly debates and scientific study of historical sites?

America should be so lucky.

In the USA we have the “Native American Repatriation Act.”

It’s only taken 10 years of court battles to allow scientists to examine “Kennewick Man.”

Or should I say “what’s left of Kennewick man,” since about 20% of his bones have been stolen in the last decade.

[eleni121]

I think you've been had. Or your teacher was confusing odor with Odysseus...NO connection. The name is derived from Greek

οδυσσομαι (odyssomai) which means "to hate".

[wazoo1031]

I know you’re asleep, but BING BANG BOOM do I wanna dig on this!!! :-) I just spoke to Chrissssssteeanah and her boyfriend and they’re doing great, if not liberal...

[Zhang Fei]

If anyone was waiting for that road to be completed, I think he’s going to be waiting a long time. A looooong time.

[yarddog]

I always thought the simplest answers are the most likely. Ithaca was Ithica. Those people knew where they lived just as much as we do. If Odysseus had been from Cephalonia they would have said so.

That tomb does look just like those discovered at Mycenae by Schliemann, just smaller. Actually not all that far away tho on an island.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

It’s a collection of drunken stories that a husband tells his wife when he gets home later than planned.

That's brilliant!

[tbw2]

Does it really mean that in greek?

[yarddog]

Yeah but getting home 20 years late is gonna take a whole lot of explaining. I guess that is how the Iliad got written. Homer wasn’t a blind poet, he was blind drunk.

[tbw2]

He could have gone blind drinking the wrong stuff.

[JaguarXKE]

Interesting. I was stationed on that island for a year.

[SunkenCiv]

Archeologists make historic discovery (Tomb of Odysseus)
The Madera Tribune | 8/27/05 | Thomas Elias
Posted on 09/23/2005 10:37:53 PM EDT by wagglebee
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490367/posts
[regarding Lefkas]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490367/posts?page=99#99

Odyssey’s End? The Search for Ancient Ithaca
Smithsonian Magazine | Fergus M. Bordewich, Photographs by Jeffrey Aaronson
Posted on 04/03/2006 12:48:35 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1608118/posts

The Wines And Herbs In The Land Of Pan
Kathimerini | 12-28-2006 | Stavroula Kourakou
Posted on 12/29/2006 7:56:39 PM EST by blam
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1760103/posts

Purging the Classics From the Local Library
American Spectator | 04 Jan 07 | G. Tracy Mehan, III
Posted on 01/04/2007 2:35:12 PM EST by rellimpank
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762445/posts

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[SuziQ]

Bump for later reading.

[Soliton]

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9475(1906)27%3A1%3C65%3ATEOO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7

There are many theories none of which are valid. I made mine tongue in cheek, not as literal etymology. I think the best case is “nobody” from “outis”.

[bannie]

I would think that the name "Ithika" would be a clue as to where Odysseus lived?

[bannie]

If Athena suddenly makes the bones shiny and big...it’s Odysseus!

[bannie]

If Athena suddenly makes the bones shiny and big...it’s Odysseus!