As you can see, the Amfilochian blockage dips right at the centre and is low. Okay, it is 70 meters high, but that's nothing compared to Bittlestone's 180 meters high Paliki blockage. So what did we cross at Amfilochia, a Bittlestone-like blockage, a alluvial fan or a collapsed polje wall? Well, it's not that important. Whether Doulichion was an island or a peninsula in the present definition was not an issue for Homer. The ancient definitions are not known to us so, it is the definition itself that makes an island an island. Especially in cases like tsunamigenic canals, poljes or canal-like connections, the definition is leading. Homer called Lefkada, Crocyleia and Doulichion islands by the definition of his era.
And there is a clue how Homer's definition could have been when he let's Odysseus say:
They are close to each other indeed.
And there is a clue how Homer's definition could have been when he let's Odysseus say:
They are close to each other indeed.
Amfilochia.
You 've just Found!Doulichion
Although Akarnania might not be an island in the present definition, it is obvious that it was in Homer's era.
Lots of water formed the natural barrier that made Akarnania an island in Homer's definition.
That island was called Doulichion!
Lots of water formed the natural barrier that made Akarnania an island in Homer's definition.
That island was called Doulichion!
"Bright Ithaca is my home: it has a mountain... Around are many islands, close to each other........."