Tuesday 24 September 2019
Homer's Inspiration and Legacy, Corfu Literary Festival
Adam Nicolson couldn't make it (he'd booked on a Thomas Cook flight), but Polyxeni Strolonga and Alex Preston did a splendid job on the opening night of the festival: a fascinating presentation.
Facebook report
I discuss the various theories about the geographical locations and possible Ionian Island settings in Homer's Odyssey in my book, "The Ionian Islands and Epirus, A Cultural History".
See extract and previous pages
See also, an ΙΔΕΟΦΟΡΕΙΝ posting of an old poem of mine on Corfu and its supposed links to Homer and Shakespeare:
http://ideoforein.blogspot.com/2019/09/jim-potts-corfu.html
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