Strabo lived 2,000 years ago, when he wrote 'Geographicarum', basically the first geographical book encompassing the whole then-known world. He described the land, rivers, mountains, coasts, history and inhabitants of a large part of that world.
Strabo wrote that Leucas or Leucata (Lefkas or Lefkada) once formed a peninsula of Akarnania, the mainland opposite the island, and that a channel was dug between it and Akarnania. After it had been dug, the newly formed island was named after Leucatas, meaning white rock. This was why he believed Leucas couldn't be considered to be Ithaca.
Most theorists followed Strabo and therefore never succeeded.
Strabo wrote that Leucas or Leucata (Lefkas or Lefkada) once formed a peninsula of Akarnania, the mainland opposite the island, and that a channel was dug between it and Akarnania. After it had been dug, the newly formed island was named after Leucatas, meaning white rock. This was why he believed Leucas couldn't be considered to be Ithaca.
Most theorists followed Strabo and therefore never succeeded.
Book 17 of the Geographicarum
World map according to Strabo
Strabo reached the conclusion that his Ithaca was located north, but he interprets low-lying as 'near to the mainland', which seeing as he considered Lefkada to be part of the mainland consequently fits modern Ithaki that lies close to it.
Thus Strabo's Samos became Kefallinia, his Zacynthos Zakynthos and his Doulichion a tiny island close to the west coast of Akarnania.
Strabo also mentions a narrow channel near Kefalonia, which was the inspiration for our next player, Bittlestone, and his 'Odysseus Unbound' theory.
Thus Strabo's Samos became Kefallinia, his Zacynthos Zakynthos and his Doulichion a tiny island close to the west coast of Akarnania.
Strabo also mentions a narrow channel near Kefalonia, which was the inspiration for our next player, Bittlestone, and his 'Odysseus Unbound' theory.
Ithaca
Mainland
Samos
Zacynthos
Akarnania
Doulichion