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Ithaca-.BW
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Ithaca or Ithaka is an island located in the Ionian Sea, in Greece. The capital, Vathi or Ithaki, has one of the world's largest natural harbours. Modern Ithaca is generally identified with Homer's Ithaca, homeland of Odysseus( king of Ithaca), whose delayed return to the island after the Trojan War is one of the elements of the Odyssey plot.Penelope is the wife of Odysseus .She waits twenty years for the final return of her husband and her name has traditionally been associated with marital faithfulness.
Ithaca is also known by the Greek poet Constantine.P.Cavafy and his poem titled “Ithaka”which connects with Odysseus journey. It is the voyage and the adventures on the way that count, not the arrival itself.Here is a video with the voice of Sean Connery,the music of Vangelis and the poem of C.P. Cavafy “Ithaka”:
www.openculture.com/2012/09/sean_connery_reads_cp_cavafys...
Ithaca-.BW
www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?cat=1&id=74
Ithaca or Ithaka is an island located in the Ionian Sea, in Greece. The capital, Vathi or Ithaki, has one of the world's largest natural harbours. Modern Ithaca is generally identified with Homer's Ithaca, homeland of Odysseus( king of Ithaca), whose delayed return to the island after the Trojan War is one of the elements of the Odyssey plot.Penelope is the wife of Odysseus .She waits twenty years for the final return of her husband and her name has traditionally been associated with marital faithfulness.
Ithaca is also known by the Greek poet Constantine.P.Cavafy and his poem titled “Ithaka”which connects with Odysseus journey. It is the voyage and the adventures on the way that count, not the arrival itself.Here is a video with the voice of Sean Connery,the music of Vangelis and the poem of C.P. Cavafy “Ithaka”:
www.openculture.com/2012/09/sean_connery_reads_cp_cavafys...