Homer's Tomb

The ancient tomb at Plakotos claiming to be the burial site of the great poet Homer.

Information on the death and burial of Homer we take from Strabo as well as from Pausanias that mentions a prophecy from the Oracle of Delphi.    

The prophecy says:

“Happy and unhappy (because he was born for both)

You seek for hometown, but there is the one of your mother which is not your hometown.

There is an island Ios, hometown of your mother, that will accept you after you die.

But beware of the riddle of the young children ”.    

There is also the version of Ragavis that says that Homer died because he couldn’t find the answer to the riddle of the young fishermen [Tsagaropoulos, 1965].

Also, archaeologists have unearthed ancient coins bearing the head of Homer and the words HOMER and IITON.

Source: www.ios.gr