A poem titled for this island repeats “hope your road is a long one” and asserts “keep [this island] always in your mind.” For 10 points each.
[10m] Name this island, the return to which is the subject of the most famous nostos. On this island, a man reveals his identity after stringing a bow and firing an arrow through axeheads.
ANSWER: Ithaca [or Ithaka] (“Ithaka” is by Constantine P. Cavafy.)
[10e] This character returns to Ithaca from the Trojan War and reunites with his wife Penelope in a namesake Homeric epic.
ANSWER: Odysseus [accept Ulysses; accept The Odyssey]
[10h] This 20th-century author wrote The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, a 33,333-line poem where Odysseus meets the Buddha and travels to Antarctica. This author also wrote The Last Temptation of Christ.
ANSWER: Nikos Kazantzakis
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