Since ancient times, the location of Homer’s Ithaca has been one of literature’s great conundrums. The third-century B.C. geographer Eratosthenes sighed, “You will find the scene of the wanderings of ...
On Wednesday, March 12, the Trojan War began in Ithaca with the powerful cries of Emily Wilson speaking in Ancient Greek. Yet this was no ordinary recitation of the words of one of the most iconic ...
Google says its DeepMind AI, Ithaca, can now decipher ancient Greek texts from damaged artifacts. Ithaca is said to be even better at Greek text restoration tasks than its predecessor, Pythia. Back in ...
is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Machine learning techniques are providing new tools that could help archaeologists understand the past — ...
The island of Ithaca has long enchanted scholars, poets, and travelers alike. Generations of archaeologists have wandered its craggy terrain, asking the same old question: could there be truth buried ...
Excavations conducted by the University of Ioannina at the archaeological site of Agios Athanasios, known as "Homer's School," in northern Ithaca revealed artifacts bearing Odysseus's name and a small ...
IN a recent letter to the Times Dr. Schliemann describes his search for the ancient capital of the island of Ithaca. He began his researches in the valley called Polis, which is in the northern part ...