“He compared several passages from the Odyssey to the actual geographical location of Lefkada, and he concluded that it must be the “Homeric Ithaca”. His excavation started in early 1900s….”
Of course Ithaca was hard to find...look how long it took Odysseus...and he knew where it was...
😁 And of course, this assumes that he ever lived. It's easier for me to accept that there was once an island kdm of Ithaca than to accept that the Odysseus character is historical.