Last but not least, I thank the unforgettable chairman of Mensa Italy, the late Menotti Cossu, the first enthusiastic supporter of my theory: Right now, on his cloud in the sky, he must be chatting with Homer about the news concerning the poet and his work in this lower world.ĬONTENTS Cover Image Title Page Acknowledgments Foreword by Joscelyn Godwin Introduction: The Key to Finding Homer’s World PART ONE I particularly thank my son Vincenzo, the new Telemachus, who has cycled with me around Lyø (Ithaca), and my Pinina, who has been of incomparable moral support, always at my side in the correction of the English draft of the manuscript. I must mention, however, Professor Rosa Calzecchi Onesti of Milan and Professor Giuliana Bendelli of the University of Pavia, who gave an extraordinary contribution in order to spread my theory in the academic world. As for the help I received in Italy, I have many more people to thank than space allows.
Soili Kuussaari (Finland), Erik Dahl (Norway), Tatjana Devjatkina (Russia), Karin Wagner (Germany), Peter Fletcher (England), and Finn Gemynth Madsen and Preben Hansson (Denmark). I thank, on the other side of the Atlantic, Mrs. I also acknowledge Laila Barr, Alfred and Amy De Grazia, Vine Deloria, Alberto DiPippo, Tom Van Flandern, Joscelyn Godwin, William Mullen, Leszek Wysocki, Dwardu Cardona, and many others who helped and encouraged me on this hard way. I cannot forget Victor DeMattei, who gave the manuscript a preliminary reading and, like Fredo, spared no effort in spreading my theory. (He modestly spoke of “a few things to benefit the cause.â€) Judith Davis has done “heroic service†at his side, correcting grammar, syntax, and typographical errors. I thank first Frederic (Fredo) Jueneman, who handled the huge task of improving my English translation and made many intelligent suggestions. They believed a strange theory by an unknown Italian, and in so doing defied the dogmas of the conformists. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I offer my thanks and acknowledgment to all those who have helped with the English edition of this book.