Scientists determine the date when Odysseus killed the suitors

Scientists and researchers of the University of Athens attempted once more to date the Homeric epics, Iliad and Odyssey, based on the study of natural phenomena which were described by Homer in his poems, in relation to the real, recorded scientific and astronomical phenomena.We believe that the story unfolds around some real events, said professor of Astrophysics of University of Athens Panagiota Preka - Papadima, in an interview with Sotiris Hatzimanolis.

Odysseus (painting byΟ Φραντσέσκο Χάγιεζ (Francesco Hayez) Source: FH