ODYSSEUS
FOUND

Konstantin N. Kokkolis, a resident of Kefalonia, Greece, minored in Classics at Rutgers University and studied law at Temple University Law School. After exploring some family property near his beeyard during the pandemic of 2020, he identified an ancient solar cult center that reignited his interest in ancient Greece, comparative mythology, and the Homeric epic, The Odyssey. His research guided him to a series of discoveries:

"When I learned of the solar and lunar allegories found in The Odyssey and discovered the lunar and solar alignments of the Bronze Age civilization of Kokolata-Livatho, I noticed a striking similarity. Nostos, the return, was a lunar and solar event. It was my eureka moment, and The Odyssey became real for me: I knew where I would find the royal tomb, and sure enough, there is a tholos type structure at that location.

The proto-Greek-speaking migrants that assimilated with the sun-worshipping natives, the constellations above the tomb, the solar and lunar cycles, the eclipse, and Minoan glyptic art that features a divine couple and their sacred meeting under a unique sun all fell into place.

The story of the real Odysseus unfolded and I understood the meaning of "Ithaca."

The Odyssey well before Homer began as a solar cult before the arrival of the Greek speaking Indo-Europeans. When the northerners arrived in Kefalonia, a new leader, Odysseus, cleverly had his tomb built at a unique site to become one with the sun: an immortal solar hero. The past solar ritual was celebrated along with the area's past leader.  Folklore about that solar hero evolved into a local myth that eventually spread throughout Greece, and ultimately became the timeless epic we know today."

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-K. N. Kokkolis