In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus washes ashore on Scheria, the island of the Phaeacians.
Rudbeck, Ignatius Donnelly, Adolf Schulten and Richard Hennig had already noticed that Scheria looks like Atlantis.
He also reads Homer's sailing directions to Scheria as a route to the North Sea.
Richard Hennig compared Atlantis and Scheria in 1926.
Scheria (Homer’s Odyssey)
Scheria (Homer's Odyssey)
Scheria is the island home of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey; a paradisiacal place, isolated from the rest of the world, where its inhabitants are known for their hospitality, advanced seafaring skills, and close ties to the gods.
Scheria is described as a remote and idyllic island, far from other human civilizations.
Odysseus washes ashore on Scheria after his shipwreck.
Scheria serves as a transitional point between the fantastical adventures of Odysseus’ wanderings and his return to reality in Ithaca.
Descendants of Poseidon, they are portrayed as excellent seafarers who live on the island of Scheria (also called Drepane in later traditions).
Location: The Phaeacians' homeland, Scheria, is often thought to be mythical, but some speculate it might be inspired by islands in the Ionian Sea.
Their mythical homeland of Scheria echoes Atlantis’ depiction as a distant, prosperous island.
Like the mythological Phaeacians of Scheria, the Minoans were islanders, whose maritime culture made them highly self-sufficient and relatively isolated from mainland conflicts.