The Advocacy of the Case by CHRISTOS I. TZAKOS Translation: GEOFREY COX

"My homeland is Ithaca, which can be seen to be an island. it has an imposing mountain, Neriton, with trees whose leaves are stirred by the wind, and it is surrounded by many other islands. All of these, every one of these, has some other island very close to it. But three large ones stand out among them: Dulichium, Same, and wooded Zakynthos. All this group of many island, including Ithaca with its low shores, is on the furthest coastal (north-) western sea boundary of the empire of the Achaeans, far from here, where I am speaking to you now, Phaeacians, towards the broader eastern arc of the visible horizon..."

[The interpretative rendering of the key lines ix, 21-26 with the addition of supplementary data]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROLEGOMENA

CHAPTER 1 The prehistoric background

CHAPTER 2 The Asty of the Ithacans Part One: The Royal Megaron Part Two: The Royal fount

CHAPTER 3 The Ambuss of the suitors Part One: The strategy Part Two: Asteris

CHAPTER 4 Homer's Verse Part One: The structure of the Homeric line Part Two: The technique of Homeric expresion Part Three: Origins and formation of metrical language

CHAPTER 5 The key lines

CHAPTER 6 The surroundings of Homeric Ithaca Part One: The Territory of Kephallenes Part Two: The area of land now called Lefkada

CHAPTER 7 Minor matters of Interest

EPILOGUE

WHAT and WHERE