An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating to the 14th–13th centuries BCE, during the Mycenaean palatial period.

Few figures in ancient mythology remain as legendary to this day as Odysseus, the fabled Greek king of Ithaca who devised the Trojan Horse, outwitted the Cyclops, and resisted the deadly call of the ...

An 8th BC century palace which Greek archaeologists claim was the home of Odysseus has been discovered in Ithaca, fuelling theories that the hero of Homer's epic poem was real.

Odysseus's palace is best left to imagination. Unfortunately, proof of the epic events of the Iliad and Odyssey remains elusive, says Harry Mount.

The Greeks called him Odysseus; the Romans, Ulysses. He is the hero of “The Odyssey,” the Homeric epic of the 8th century BC, and he also plays an important role in Homer’s “Iliad.” A ...

Greek archaeologists believe they have discovered the palace of Odysseus and his wife Penelope, the only one of the palaces mentioned in Homer’s Epic poems that hadn’t been found, the Athens ...

Odysseus took hold of the swineherd’s hand, and he said, “This house right here must be Odysseus’ palace. How splendid it is, and how easy to pick it out at a glance from a hundred others.