The book is also about the history of Odysseus (or Ulysses); Kephalos (or Cephalus), great-grandfather of Odysseus; His son Arkeisios

(or Arcesius, or Arceisius, or Arcisius), the grandfather of Odysseus; His son Laërtes (or Laertes), father of Odysseus; and about Telemachos (or Telemachus), the son of Odysseus.

The book is about Ithaca (or Ithaka), the island of Odysseus, the kingdom of Odysseus.

The book is also about the other islands of the kingdom Ithaca (or Ithaka): Kephalonia (or Kefalonia, or Cephalonia), formerly Samos with capital Same (now Sami), and with ancient Polis Krani, Polis Paliki and Polis Pronnoi and the port towns of Fiskardo (or Fiscardo), Argostoli and Poros; and about Zakynthos (or Zakinthos, or Zante).

The book is also about the other islands and Kingdoms around it; about Doulichion (later Levkas, or Lefkas, or Leukas, or Lefkada);

about the kingdom of Elis with Olympia; About Augeias (or Augeas), king of Elis, whose stable was mucked out by Heracles (or Hercules);

and about Phyleus, the son of Augeias who became king of Elis after him, and later king of Doulichion.

The book is also about the quests of many scholars for the location of the island of Ithaca (or Ithaka) in the time of Odysseus. Was the island of Ithaca described by Homer (or Homeros) really the same island as present-day Ithaca?

The book is also about the Trojan War, the war with Troy (or Troia) because of Helen (or Helene, or Helena), the daughter of Menelaus (or Menelaos), described by Homer (or Homeros, or Homerus) in the Iliad.

Odysseus went to war with Meges and Agamemnon and Menelaus (or Menelaos) and Nestor against Troy (or Troia).

With Odysseus’ ruse with the wooden horse, the war was won after 10 years.

The book is also about Odysseus’ retreat home, the Odyssey (or Odysseia), which also took 10 years, described by Homer (or Homeros, or Homerus) in the Odyssey (or Odysseia).

Odysseus spent the last 7 years of his Odyssey with Calypso (or Kalypso). Then, finally on his way home, Odysseus washed up in Scheria (or Scherië), present Gallipoli on the Italian coast of Apulia, and later reached his kingdom in Phorkys Bay (or Phorcys Bay, or Phorcus Bay).

After the death of Penelope’s suitors, the prophecy of the seer Tiresias (or Teiresias, or Tereisios) about the further life of Odysseus came true.

Finally, the book is also about the Ionian Islands in present times, about the Greek islands on the west coast of Greece in the Ionian Sea. A tourist photo essay with explanations of: sailing among the Ionian islands, an Ionian round trip by land and by sea, sailing and hiking along all those previously described Ionian islands and historical sites.