Moor and walk
Odyssey Book 3 line 9-11 Barry B Powell
Now that we've established that modern Pylos can't be our Pylos, we can try and find a place that fits better somewhere along the 60 km long beach. Let's consider what happens after Telemachos' ship beaches there:
The Ithacans furled the sail of the comely ship and tied it up. They moored the ship and stepped forth. Then Telemachos disembarked and Athena led the way.
It would take some time to moor the ship and walk to Nestor, let's assume it takes 20 minutes for each, then we can calculate when Telemachos' ship must have reached the shore.
Considering we previously established they arrived at the feast at about 15:20, they must have beached around 14:40 hours, if we take mooring and finding Nestor into account. If they left Ithaca at 23:00 hours, it means the trip would have taken about 15:40 hours.
Now we can recalculate the distance for the proper Pylos: it was 221 km to the wrong one divided by 19 hours and multiplied by 15,7 hours makes 182 km to our Pylos.
At 181 km from Ithaca harbour lies a small town called Kaló Neró, might this be the proper Pylos? Well, probably not, but it's all we have to go on for now.
Considering we previously established they arrived at the feast at about 15:20, they must have beached around 14:40 hours, if we take mooring and finding Nestor into account. If they left Ithaca at 23:00 hours, it means the trip would have taken about 15:40 hours.
Now we can recalculate the distance for the proper Pylos: it was 221 km to the wrong one divided by 19 hours and multiplied by 15,7 hours makes 182 km to our Pylos.
At 181 km from Ithaca harbour lies a small town called Kaló Neró, might this be the proper Pylos? Well, probably not, but it's all we have to go on for now.
The 60 km long sandy beach