{"id":698751,"date":"2026-07-18T17:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698751\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T17:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:54:17","slug":"for-1000-years-a-cult-worshipped-the-hero-of-the-odyssey-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698751\/","title":{"rendered":"For 1,000 years, a cult worshipped the hero of the Odyssey &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNaGg5cGVFMzVBRTdEUjhRNFJiN1RRcHJWcGlJMzlJbHgxaU5vMW10d2poYTR3VVN4aFdrRUVZdHB6RFpUQzZzclNHMDlNQ3NvSWpqMWpRdTRLT1JtcTJtRXlXdHNub0IzQ1kzc2M2VzNKZnkzeEV6Q25ybTdPNGh6aHVWQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">For 1,000 years, a cult worshipped the hero of the Odyssey<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxQMFVsWWxyeHY3aF9XZ2pJM2ctRllRWFZqWENxX2t5SDRMRjZoZlVuZVNETngtNHkyMFJ0eWNEemtVUE93NGVZbkdUQXRHdmJDU2p0V2ZZa2xzMTRTVDhpQkw2Ql9RaDFPUFFQS3hvMGE1Z0RaemQxZDl0cFJ1NUNBZ21xT0VKM0hzeU9YbldpamRJUmM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Homer is at the heart of the Odyssey riddle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxNMVJhUThIZThpZGdSX29ub0lzRmRwbFVpeVNRYzZTUWlNbnpmdzVudHFyOFJRYXZlRmhuQ0RNNmxOQVpMVmZadU1fRWZQcDJISTd1WG9reWJLWl9PWmhWVGMzYVUyeGZMRklESF8zY2RpTjRna1VHT24wWDdMcldJeWREZG5xQzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Odysseus Wasn\u2019t Real. But He Had Real Worshipers in Ancient Ithaca.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxPUTB0U0ZoOFpsNXBKdko2VzFFbE9CV2FMcm5IcGx5MzJVRE4wbFA0WXVmM2NlMGhsOFhSREtKUFZicmwtamFtWVVBZzlVdnM5cmdBSUVwb3g0aDJ1Y1hNdDhJVC1pckVuN3VLWmZZU1ZhQV9UN1RkdU03RWROVHUtSHNXdXZRS3l4dDJhSEp6dEVPdFhWay1uRzRYcFUxbmw1dWozbEhqSld6bS1Pa0FBUHVRZ2J4dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A real battle for Odysseus: The Greek islands fighting over Homer\u2019s hero<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQZ1Y4cDl6TERlbWFMMzlyQkpIbG1SWXN4RjZjeFg0eTRKVlZEMzgzNFY3bjFvT3hDUTlOVVNvSlBOT3hNckNoOV9yd25VQWFJXzhIa3JuaDNaS0dKM2kwWHRCbEVaQmRkdVlLNFBrVU9TVXA2TWVqNk9wY1F2Mk1jZDhCTktaU2pwQ2hJdWVmS0FTQlZHY1NteWtn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New Evidence of Odysseus: Was a Real Man Behind the Legend?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Ancient Origins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For 1,000 years, a cult worshipped the hero of the Odyssey&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCHomer is at the heart of the Odyssey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-698751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}