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Problems posed by Homeric geography, and especially the wanderings of Odysseus, had excited scholars and historians since antiquity. Starting from the journeys described in the Odyssey, two main contexts of research were developed. On the first context belong those who argued that the places Odysseus visited could be identified with specific points on the map (either in the Mediterranean basin or across the Straits of Gibraltar in the Atlantic Ocean). On the second context belong researchers who skeptically placed the adventures of Odysseus in the realm of the imaginary. These two contexts have also influenced modern research.