Ithaca
Your Guide to Ithaca
The Ionian island of Ithaca is home to the mythical hero Odysseus
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Filming on Corfu about to wrap up for ‘The Return’ of Odysseus
A powerful drama inspired by Homer's Odyssey and starring Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus and Juliette Binoche as Penelope is wrapping up filming at the end of the month on the Ionian island of Corfu, state broadcaster ERT reported on Tuesday.
Man accused of beating wife's ‘ex-lover’ to death
A 54-year-old Greek man faced a prosecutor on Monday charged with the fatal beating of a 40-year-old foreign national on the Ionian island of Ithaki on Saturday.
The alleged perpetrator's 42-year-old wife, who was present at the time of the beating, notified police after finding the 40-year-old dead in a hotel room on Sunday.
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Who remembers Ithaca?
Who remembers Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's speech on the island of Ithaca last summer, when he said that Greece's bailout odyssey was over?
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Two ancient Greek finds in top 10 archaeological discoveries for 2018
Archaeology, a magazine published by the Archaeological Institute of America, has released its list of the top 10 discoveries of 2018, with two ancient Greek finds making the list.
A Greek operetta
Greece's mainstream parties adopted the universal language of poetry as they locked horns ahead of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's triumphant declaration on Ithaca, the island home of the Homeric hero Odysseus, marking the country's formal exit from the bailout programs.
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Church investigation launched into tolling of funeral bells for Tsipras
A Greek bishop has ordered a church investigation into the tolling of funeral bells to coincide with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's arrival on the island of Ithaca to announce the end of the country's bailout.
PM shows his true colors
Alexis Tsipras managed to outdo himself and at the same time showed his true colors Tuesday. There is no contradiction here: Greece's leftist leader grabbed the opportunity offered by the country's formal exit from the bailout programs in order to push his divisive narrative even further.
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Tsipras marks bailout exit with swipes at predecessors
Greece's bailout exit was hailed by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday as a "day of redemption" and the dawn of a "new era" in a speech that was widely seen as divisive.
Tsipras: Greece's modern-day 'Odyssey' is over
Greece's emergence from nine years of crisis and international financial bailouts marks a "new day" for the country, a "day of redemption but also the dawning of a new era," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday, in a televised address from the Ionian island of Ithaca.
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