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View from Kastelli hilltop [ Odysseus’ Palace ] towards the peninsula that Homer calls Asteris.
\nOn the present day island of Cephalonia.<\/p>\n

from : Odysseus Unbound – The Search for Homer’s Ithaca<\/p>\n

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View of Atheras Bay. Putative location of the Cave of the Nymphs.<\/p>\n

On the Cave of the Nymphs (Antr.), late third or early fourth century CE. It is one of the few
\nextant works of the Neoplatonic philosopher Porphyry and is a literary interpretation of eleven
\nlines from the Odyssey (13.102-12).<\/p>\n

There is a leafy olive at its head,
\nAnd nearby a delightful misty cave,
\nSacred to the nymphs who have the name of Naiads.
\nInside are mixing-bowls and double-handled
\nJars made of stone, and here the bees store honey.
\nInside are long stone looms, at which the nymphs
\nWeave sea-blue webs, a wondrous sight, and streams
\nOf ever-flowing water. It has two doors,
\nOne to the north, by which men may descend,
\nThe other to the south, for gods. This way
\nMen enter not: it is the immortals path. 13.102-12<\/p>\n

(…\u1f04\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd,) \u1f43 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd\u00b7
\n\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f70\u03c1 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 \u03bb\u03b9\u00b5\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03cd\u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bb\u03b1\u03af\u03b7,
\n\u1f00\u03b3\u03c7\u03cc\u03b8\u03b9 \u03b4? \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f04\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u03ae\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u1f20\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03b5\u03b9\u03b4\u03ad\u03c2,
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\n\u1f10\u03bd \u03b4? \u1f55\u03b4\u03b1\u03c4? \u1f00\u03b5\u03bd\u03ac\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1. \u03b4\u03cd\u03c9 \u03b4\u03ad \u03c4\u03ad \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b8\u03cd\u03c1\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u03af\u03bd,
\n\u03b1\u1f31 \u00b5\u1f72\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03b2\u03bf\u03c1\u03ad\u03b1\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b2\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03ce\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd,
\n\u03b1\u1f31 \u03b4? \u03b1\u1f56 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03bd\u03cc\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u1f76 \u03b8\u03b5\u03ce\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03b9\u00b7 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u03ad \u03c4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u1fc3
\n\u1f04\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c3\u03ad\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb? \u1f00\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd\u03ac\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u1f41\u03b4\u03cc\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd. Antr. 55.1.2-13.<\/p>\n

(…the cave) ?At the head of the harbor is an olive tree with long-pointed leaves,
\nand near it a lovely and dark cave,
\nwhich is sacred to the nymphs called naiads.
\nWithin are kraters and amphoras
\nof stone, where bees store up honey.
\nTall stone looms stand inside as well, and there nymphs
\nweave sea-purple cloth?a wonder to see.
\nWithin this cave water is ever-flowing. There are two gates,
\none toward the north which leads downward for men,
\nand another toward the south which is divine.
\nMen do not enter by the latter way, rather it is a path for immortals.? Odyessy(13.102-12)<\/p>\n

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