locations of Odysseus journey

Monika Wunderer (wunderer@st1hobel.phl.univie.ac.at)
Tue, 28 Jan 1997 13:13:56 +0100

I once mentioned here that we are strongly influenced by the book of
Christine Pellech, "Die Odyssey. Eine antike Weltumsegelung", Berlin:
Reimer 1983 where she describes the Egyptian as the originators stories of
the journey found in Homers Odyssey. The Phoenician (serving the Egyptian)
were known for their journeys on the see (contrary to the Greek!)

The locations she finds (because of the description given of Homer,
directions, ocean currents, blowing of the wind ...) are:

Lotos-Eaters: found in the west from Egypt, on the coast of Nord-africa
Cyclops: south of Tunisia
Island of Aeolus: Pantelleria (Italian Islands)
Island of the Lestrygoinans: Coast of Norway
Island of Aeaea, home of Circe: Island of the Lofotes, near Norway
Hades: Valley of St. Lawrence, Niagara falls
Island of the Sirens: Brasilia, world of the birds
Tierra del Fuego, Anden
Charybdis: Southern Ocean and Indian Ocean
Scylla: native American and the islands reaching to India
Island of Hyperion: Delta of the Indus
Island of Calypso, Ogygia: Penisula of Arabia
Phaecians: Egyptian in Sinai
Ithaca: Phoenician

Following this Gernot and I chose geographic locations where in the current
status, stages are possible
Island of Aeolus: Pantelleria (Italy) -> Rom (our partner Francesco
Verdinelli)
Island of Aeaea, home of Circe: Island of the Lofotes, near Norway ->
digital city Amsterdam
Hades: Valley of St. Lawrence, Niagara falls -> Chicago (Studio Z)
Island of the Sirens: Brasilia, world of the birds -> Rio / Buenos Ayres
...

But this was not intended to use exactly the egypt cruise but to use our
own association!

So we tried to find a new way of associating and ended up with:

Cyclops: Chicago
Island of Aeolus: Rom
Island of Aeaea, home of Circe: Rio
Hades: Asia
Island of Calypso, Ogygia: Vienna
Phaecians: Australia
Ithaca: Cyberspace

Any other / more associations????

Mon

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