Ithaca is the land that Odysseus left and Ithaca is the home he returns to, yet his life would never be that simple. Rather, he must drive off the parasitic suitors that have taken to his home and prove his existence to his family.
I really enjoyed using this program, many times the Odyssey in seen with white or at the very least, tan individuals. Seeing how many times Odysseus goes in and out of Africa however, shows that far more ethnic and racial backgrounds are actually shown off. I would love to show a class all the locations our hero goes to as well as try to challenge the white interpretation through this. For example, The Tunisians are the long descendants of the Carthaginians, showing that maybe the perception of a faltering people is also due to a faltering Carthage, which was entering a period of moral and cultural decline at the time. The Sicilian's culture of herding animals in tight-knit communities was also a central tenant of their life. By understanding these elements a class can get to consider what is demonized in culture and why.
I also really feel like this could be a valuable tool for both teachers and students to track the long travels of the characters that they read about. I do somewhat wish, however, that there was a bit more leniency with the locations and making it so that older cities and ruins could be shown off almost like google maps. THe map's software is also extremely annoying, for example I couldn't add sparta, troy, or Ithaca in their greek locations because it only recommended American towns with these names. The maps system by extension seems way out of date and moreso biased towards Britain and America