Tracing the route of the odyssey

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/04/tracing-the-route-of-the-odyssey/157642

Hopefully of interest...

[Ian61]

OK
This seems to be a perennial topic for folks to have a go at, always seem convincing but I am not familiar enough with the source material to really comment.
(I still worry about the age of the dog - would have been better named after Methuselah than Argos.)

[Nick Harbud]

Of course, this makes the assumption that there was only one dog with that name rather than a succession of replacement pooches...

[Keraunos]

Or that Argos may have been picked up as a pet by Odysseus while on campaign but had the good sense to take a direct ship back to Ithaca when it was over?

[Erpingham]

Of course, this makes the assumption that there was only one dog with that name rather than a succession of replacement pooches...

As the point of the tale IIRC is that the dog remembers him, this seems unlikely.

[Imperial Dave]

Unless it was just a really friendly dog 

[Ian61]

Or that Argos may have been picked up as a pet by Odysseus while on campaign but had the good sense to take a direct ship back to Ithaca when it was over?

Yes, I do suspect that dogs have it sorted. Isn't that the original meaning of being a cynic.