The palace

View over Spatias from the estate

Surviving palm trees

Wall with arcs

No, of course this isn't Odysseus' palace, these far too modern buildings belong to an old Greek family. The current owner works in Greek television. Until the sixties Lefkada was divided in a northern and a southern part, this family were in charge of the southern part, which was the smallest of the two and most probably corresponds to Odysseus' land (Apollonion, 41% of Lefkada). The estate has been abandoned and fallen into decay ever since. Some palm trees survived. The walled estate measures about 1,600 square metres: quite befitting a leader or a king, wouldn't you say?

The palace is only 5 minutes away from the point to where we previously measured our walk from Eumaios' hut, therefore Eumaios would've arrived at the palace around 10:15 hrs, still on December 18th.

Farmers near Vasiliki told me that the olive trees around the estate are the best on Lefkada. The moist soil around the estate is in a slightly elevated position to the plain and offers a great view over Spartias. It seems to me like an ideal spot for a leader of this part of Lefkada. Or should I say Ithaca?

It's not unlikely that the estate could've been built on the foundations of earlier buildings, like the palace of Odysseus, for it's easier to build a new house on the solid foundations of the previous one. The building materials are readily available in situ.