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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.36,0:00:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ithaca Friends of Homer Association "EYXHN ODYCCEI" presents
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.49,0:00:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a documentary by Yiannis Arsenis
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.17,0:00:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm from Ithaca" - Odyssey
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.06,0:00:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When one first sets eyes on the island of Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.23,0:00:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he cannot fail to be enchanted by the natural beauty...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.17,0:00:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small, rocky, green,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.67,0:00:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounded by sea shimmering in the sunlight
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.85,0:00:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with paths embroidered with colorful flowers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.03,0:00:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crystal waters, traditional villages
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.04,0:01:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... endless light and color.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.80,0:01:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes her unique is that is more than an island,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.22,0:01:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an idea, a symbol
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.63,0:01:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is identified with the notion of returning home and nostalgia.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.39,0:01:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,symbolizes, man's struggle, overcoming difficulties, his return journey to his roots
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.68,0:01:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No other island in the world has been identified with nostalgia as much as Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.59,0:01:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that thanks to Homer
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.34,0:01:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatest poet of antiquity, who with his epic Odyssey
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.37,0:01:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,praised the struggle of the king of Ithaca, Odysseus (Ulysses)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.94,0:01:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to return to his home
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.20,0:02:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and highlighted universal values through his poetry
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.68,0:02:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What secrets are hidden in Ithaca of today?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.45,0:02:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is Ithaca of today the one which Homer speaks of?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.16,0:02:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if so where are the remains of the kingdom of Odysseus?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.99,0:03:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Search for Homer's Ithaca began centuries ago
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.68,0:03:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several opponents of Ithaca, Homer's Ithaca, argue that around the Middle Ages
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.41,0:03:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ithaca lost its name, and for that reason.. It is not Homer's Ithaca!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.49,0:03:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are "Skylakas'" maps, the ones of a Roman cartographer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.91,0:03:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is also a map of the Catalan conquerors of Greece in 1300..
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.59,0:03:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on this map this island is called Ithaca.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.50,0:03:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around 1700-1600-1580 some maps call Ithaca with a different name,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.72,0:03:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Picola Cephalonia, Val di Compare,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.52,0:03:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tiaki or Thiaki that we use today as a nickname.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.38,0:04:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not proof that Ithaca lost its name and for that reason it isn't Homer's Ithaca.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.09,0:04:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You realize that Ithaca carries a great glory!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.22,0:04:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a glory which was envied by many.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.98,0:04:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was envied by the Lefkadians and the Cefalonians,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.56,0:04:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly it wasn't the locals but some archaeologists who undertook the task of defending
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.59,0:04:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Lefkadian Homeric Ithaca such as Dorpfeld
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.30,0:04:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a Cefalonian Homeric Ithaca such as some other archaeologists,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.09,0:04:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who assume that the Homeric Ithaca is in Cefalonia but where in Cefalonia?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.54,0:04:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are 10 controversial areas in Cefalonia
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.15,0:04:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my opinion the equation of 10 areas referring to the palace of Odysseus or the city of Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.80,0:04:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seems as if there is none.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.70,0:04:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The past 10 years there have been 5 Cefalonian theories referring to Homer's Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.67,0:04:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the latest the overseal, the capping stone that of Bittlestone
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.60,0:04:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the big hoax as I call it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.13,0:04:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway that theory as we all know, although it received great publicity,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.10,0:05:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since then, has lapsed into obscurity, at the moment no longer exists.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.74,0:05:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whilst the Lefkadias stayed in one theory that of Dorpfeld
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.88,0:05:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which actually sank immediately after it was born
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.78,0:05:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dorpfeld imposed it because he was a strong archaeological personality
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.36,0:05:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he imposed it only on his own will and his own dynamic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.64,0:05:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that theory immediately crashed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.11,0:05:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cefalonia and Lefkada but mainly Cefalonia
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.04,0:05:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is 7 or 8 times bigger than Ithaca.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.44,0:05:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it possible for this large population, this naval, military and political power
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.58,0:05:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lose its name and a rock, one seventh of its expanse, to get it instead?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.54,0:05:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no historical precedent.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.22,0:05:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The existence of so many theories about Homer's Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.90,0:06:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proves that there are no compelling archaeological findings
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.53,0:06:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing us to scientifically justify one or another.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.40,0:06:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe there are some finally available?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.03,0:06:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen let's go to a sensational archaeological discovery
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.73,0:06:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will be discussed not only in Greece but throughout the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.27,0:06:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Ithaca a team of archaeologists is announcing that, after significant recent findings
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.10,0:06:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the excavations on the island, it is convinced at last
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.32,0:06:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have found the Homeric Palace of Odysseus.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.06,0:06:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A new impetus for the identification of today's Ithaca with the Homeric one
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.65,0:06:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was given with University of Ioannina announcement on August 20th 2010
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.86,0:06:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to which, during excavations in the area of St. Athanasius in Northern Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.22,0:06:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they found a Mansion of the Mycenaean era which seems to be the Palace of Odysseus.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.53,0:06:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am really glad that as Mayor of Ithaca in 1993, I took the initiative
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.25,0:07:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and invited Ioannina University to come and explore the area of Northern Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.73,0:07:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was proven how right I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.12,0:07:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 to 16 years later, the University with Mr. Papadopoulos and Mrs. Kontorli
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.08,0:07:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they announce, in an archaeological conference..
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.80,0:07:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have found the palace of Odysseus and Penelope, in this location of St. Athanasius.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.69,0:07:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine that, to proceed in such a significant announcement, you have equally important findings in your hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.77,0:07:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you tell us what these are?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.65,0:07:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, the area "Homer's School - St. Athanasius"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.83,0:07:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is surrounded by a cyclopean wall and inside this wall there is a building complex...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.18,0:07:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in two terraces, on two levels
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.10,0:08:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also there are movable findings from the prehistoric, Mycenaean era and earlier
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.40,0:08:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the most important element that makes us believe
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.13,0:08:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always with reservation because we need additional evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.44,0:08:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a tripartite building which was found on the lower level
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.27,0:08:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has the dimensions of mansions of palaces
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.26,0:08:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the palaces that have been found in Mycenae, in Tiryns, in Pylos
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.35,0:08:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is obvious that such an important archaeological discovery would shoot down
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.72,0:08:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the theories which question whether current Ithaca is Homer's Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.18,0:08:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This significant announcement
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.04,0:08:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this shocking announcement that changes the facts
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.26,0:08:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the archaeological facts at least to date
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.53,0:08:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that the archaeological establishment will fight it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.40,0:09:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have no doubt, it will fight it because it has learned to do so
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.82,0:09:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every announcement related to new findings
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.56,0:09:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ithaca has been targeted at large
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.82,0:09:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being a small island it has been fought against
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.20,0:09:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its glory has been fought against
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.17,0:09:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is still and will continue to be fought against
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.66,0:09:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would like to believe that the opponents weapons have already been exhausted
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.69,0:09:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many excavated the site, including Schliemann
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.30,0:09:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apparently sensing that there was something important there
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.67,0:09:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can say at the outset that this area "shouted, talked archaeologically"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.91,0:09:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I really wonder why such great archaeologists who passed through here
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.39,0:09:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not detect its particularity
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.31,0:09:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The area of St. Athanasius had almost been abandoned, for obviously too many reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.54,0:09:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wanted to discredit it, the depreciation was in the background of those who..
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.77,0:09:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were processing theories and plans or else for this particular area to be discredited
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.04,0:10:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before the archaeologists' interest turned to the area of St. Athanasius on the mountain of "Exogi",
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.48,0:10:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there had been other areas in Ithaca with significant archaeological discoveries
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.51,0:10:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The theory of Aetos (an area in southern Ithaca) lasted for many years
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.05,0:10:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it affected many, among which the great Schliemann
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.61,0:10:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Schliemann was a partisan of Gell
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.62,0:10:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They believed the first theory released in 1806, the theory of William Gell
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.39,0:10:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which placed the palace of Ithaca in Aetos
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.16,0:10:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Englishman who predicted alongside Gell that Homer's Ithaca is not in Vathi
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.60,0:10:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is in "Poli" in the region of Stavros - St. Athanasius
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.21,0:10:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was another Englishman, a resourceful man, William Martin Luc
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.16,0:10:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who came to Ithaca in '06, made small excavations and didn't find many things
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.22,0:10:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he found coins and at the time coins of Ithaca were considered..
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.49,0:11:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be the very conclusive evidence of Ithaca's Homeric past
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.39,0:11:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most important archaeological sites of Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.49,0:11:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is located in the region of "Polis" near the village of Stavros
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.50,0:11:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This site is called "Poli" because inshore the village of Stavros..
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.66,0:11:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is an ancient submerged city
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.03,0:11:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the famous "Loizos" cave in Poli
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.13,0:11:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been found many significant archaeological discoveries
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.84,0:11:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this cave, have been discovered twelve bronze tripods
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.93,0:11:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose pieces are now exhibited at the archaeological museum of Stavros in Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.98,0:11:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Corinthian dish has also been found, dedicated to the god Apollo
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.03,0:11:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so it can be deduced that it was a worshiping cavern in the name of Apollo
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.00,0:12:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this cave has also been discovered
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.70,0:12:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the triangular shell made of clay that has two words written on it..
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.96,0:12:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'EYXHN ODYCCEI' (With the wish of Odysseus)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.25,0:12:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems that the locals, as was customary in other regions of our country as well..
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.76,0:12:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worshiped their hero as a demigod along with the god Apollo
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.100,0:12:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was proved to be the ark attesting Ithaca's history of the past 3000 years!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.96,0:12:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2006, during excavations by the Ioannina University, another important finding came to light
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.79,0:12:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A plaque, eloquently narrating one of the episodes of the Odyssey
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.30,0:12:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also found plaques in linear writing, one of which may be Linear B
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.37,0:13:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this has been published in the prestigious journal "Cadmus" in Germany
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.33,0:13:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I'm not mistaken, Linear B is found only in palaces?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.17,0:13:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly, in the archives of the palaces
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.60,0:13:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not sure if that is Linear B, but hopefully we shall uncover other findings..
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.46,0:13:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The plaque depicts a ship with Odysseus tied to the mast
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.21,0:13:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on either side monstrous drawings, a trident and signs of possibly Linear B writing
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.56,0:13:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Considering the data that we currently have in Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.49,0:13:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we believe this position fits the Homeric description of the palace of Odysseus
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.54,0:13:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I forgot to tell you that the two levels
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.97,0:13:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the buildings, on the two levels are connected with stairways carved into the rock
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.42,0:13:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something also mentioned in the Odyssey namely that..
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.38,0:13:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the occupants of the palace communicated going up and down stone stairways
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.52,0:14:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is mentioned several times in Homer that Penelope goes up and down
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.26,0:14:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same way that Eurycleia goes up and down
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.90,0:14:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a building construction is presented where for a staircase which goes up to exist
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.60,0:14:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means there is a lower terrace and an upper terrace as described in Homer
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.78,0:14:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is also a description, given by Telemachus to Eurycleia before his departure for Pylos
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.30,0:14:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He tells her: "Eldress, go to the rock.. to the depot which is under the rock
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.85,0:14:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring me wine and oil, to take with me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.99,0:14:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The announcement by the University of Ioannina archaeologists, brings us closer than ever
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.72,0:14:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the truth as to where Homer's Ithaca is located
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.43,0:15:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The archaeologists, Papadopoulos couple
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.77,0:15:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had accomplish something very important
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.06,0:15:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the expropriation of the 25-acre-area of St. Athanasius
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.02,0:15:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was a really great accomplishment and it existed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.68,0:15:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a demand by the residents of Ithaca since 1904
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.73,0:15:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is already a decision by the Central Archaeological Council
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.81,0:15:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for these 25 acres of expropriated area
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.68,0:15:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to demolish not only the church, this ruined residue that still exists
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.20,0:15:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the houses of "Vrettos", the lord of the area
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.58,0:15:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who played a very cunning role in this History of archeology in Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.26,0:15:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a known story, on top of the palace there is the temple
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.30,0:16:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on top of the temple there is the Orthodox Church
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.82,0:16:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The area of St. Athanasius appears to meet all of those features described by Homer
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.91,0:16:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are so many answers that they cannot all be coincidences
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.61,0:16:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The position of St. Athanasius is a geostrategic one that happens to have what it has on it
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.28,0:16:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It strategically covers the passage towards the west
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.59,0:16:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the palace is here, there are three ports around the palace
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.20,0:16:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A port in the town of Stavros, which is further away from here
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.94,0:16:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which must have been the public port from which Telemachus left for Pylos
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.72,0:16:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The port of Afales which is in the north and is their own port, the royal port
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.70,0:16:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the third port is the port of Frikes, which is the port of the furrow (rithro)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.50,0:16:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The village above the harbor of the furrow (rithro) is called Platythreias
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.33,0:16:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Platy rithro (wide furrow) They all tie together
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.66,0:17:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some researchers have claimed that in Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.47,0:17:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a palace could not have flourished due to its lack of water
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.84,0:17:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Besides the fact that around "St Athanasius" and within the site there are plenty of wells
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.63,0:17:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ancient wells, Mycenaean wells
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.70,0:17:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are two water sources
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.56,0:17:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Melanydros source" and "Tykti krini" mentioned in Homer
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.44,0:17:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Firstly, neither a palace nor a town could have been built away from water
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.20,0:17:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there had to be plenty of water for the palace and the town, the "asti"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.54,0:17:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well a little further away from here there is a great water source
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.54,0:17:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kalamos" as we call it today that could supply water throughout the region at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.36,0:17:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Melampso" was one of Penelope handmaidens
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.41,0:17:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some point tells to Odysseus "Go away, go to sleep at the coppersmith's"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.42,0:18:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The archaeologists dig out a coppersmith's workshop at St Athanasius
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.35,0:18:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Mycenaean era a coppersmith's workshop was a Palace's annex
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.07,0:18:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the case in Pylos, in Mycenae and in Crete
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.22,0:18:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a very strong indication, characteristic archaeological proof
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.53,0:18:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These archaeological findings already constitute considerable indications
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.64,0:18:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Odysseus once walked in today's Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.56,0:18:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A reinforcing element other than this tripartite building-palace
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.69,0:18:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an artificial, "tykti" as it's called, a Mycenaean fountain
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.17,0:18:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we did not date ourselves, but was dated by the best specialist globally
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.22,0:18:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,professor Jost Knaus from the Technical University of Munich
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.92,0:19:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who dated it to the 13th century BC, namely in the time of Homer's Odysseus
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.100,0:19:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These two elements, "tykti krini" and the mansion
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.14,0:19:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this tripartite building which resembles similar ones found in Pylos, in Mycenae and in Tiryns
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.24,0:19:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make us believe, I repeat with reservation
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.95,0:19:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this position is the one that fits the description of Homer
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.98,0:19:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we think that until someone else proves otherwise
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.50,0:19:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there has to be the palace of Odysseus
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.09,0:19:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for which many laudable efforts have been made before
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.33,0:19:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The area of St. Athanasius deserves everyone's undivided attention
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.11,0:20:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but mainly that of the State and the scientific community
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.98,0:20:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, this announcement is the best news..
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.98,0:20:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the international community and the world has heard originating from Greece
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.08,0:20:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most pleasant news from Greece
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.88,0:20:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All other news is about wretchedness, misery, bankruptcy, etc
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.09,0:20:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This piece of news coming from a Greek university and from Greek archaeologists
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.47,0:20:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has not been sufficiently exploited by the Greek state
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.51,0:20:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only through a systematic continuation of the excavations
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.84,0:20:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will this place be able to pull from within its well kept secrets and reveal Homer's Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.70,0:20:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,.. Until then, we shall continue our journey to Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.12,0:20:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we shall feel rich for what it has offered to us so far
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.21,0:21:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you set out on your journey to Ithaca
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.36,0:21:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pray that the road is long
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.96,0:21:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full of adventure, full of knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.60,0:21:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.62,0:21:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the angry Poseidon -- do not fear them
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.36,0:21:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will never find such as these on your path
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.30,0:21:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fine
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.26,0:21:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotion touches your spirit and your body
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.54,0:21:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.63,0:21:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fierce Poseidon you will never encounter
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.89,0:21:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you do not carry them within your soul
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.74,0:21:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if your soul does not set them up before you
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.10,0:21:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray that the road is long
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.69,0:22:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the summer mornings are many, when
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.07,0:22:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with such pleasure, with such joy
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.36,0:22:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will enter ports seen for the first time