Saturday, October 01, 2005
An "Epic" Journey
They think they have found Odysseus' Ithaca. Cool! It's been about a century since they found Troy and Mycenae and figured out Homer wasn't just making up his settings. This is Agemmemnon's tomb! Well, they are not really sure it was Homer's Agemmemnon, but it was defiitely the King of Mycenae. How do they know?Well, the pictures below are views of the ruins of Mycenae, a look up the hill at the city and the famous double lion over the gate. This hill is just accross the road form the tomb.
Someday I may have to take Mrs. Blogotional on a tour of all the Homeric sites. We had both visited Mycenae independently before we were married and it was one of the things we shared as we got to know each other.
I am tempted to wax rhapsodic about how these sites are accepted without question despite being 3-4,000 years older than sites where Jesus trod that are questioned constantly. But I won't. I think God had a reason behind the archealogical uncertainty He left in His wake.
But things like this are really cool -- the ultimate ghost town.
