Nydri () is a town and a community on the eastern coast of the island of
Lefkada
Lefkada (, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greece, Greek list of islands of Greece, island in the Ionian Sea on the ...
,
Greece
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. It is part of the municipal unit
Ellomenos. The community includes the small village Rachi. The
Greek National Road 42 (
Vasiliki -
Lefkada (city)
Lefkada City (, ''Póli tis Lefkádas'') is a city and a former municipality on the island of Lefkada, Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lefkada, of which it is a ...
-
Amfilochia) passes through the town. Nydri is a popular tourist town. In the sea in front of Nydri are several small islands including
Madouri,
Skorpios, Skorpidi and
Sparti. The island Skorpios is the property of the
Ribolovlev family.
The
German archaeologist
Wilhelm Dörpfeld, having examined the geographical descriptions of
Homer
Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his autho ...
in the
Iliad
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and the
Odyssey
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believed that Lefkada was
Homer's Ithaca
Ithaca (; , ) was, in Greek mythology, the island home of the hero Odysseus. The specific location of the island, as it was described in Homer's ''Odyssey'', is a matter for debate. There have been various theories about its location. Modern I ...
, and that the palace of
Odysseus
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was located west of Nydri on the south coast of Lefkada. He performed extensive excavations at Nydri and uncovered
Mycenaean tombs, walls, ruins and artefacts which supported his hypothesis. Dörpfeld spent the last years of his life at Nydri and he is buried there.
Population
References
External links
Photo of Nydri, early in the 20th century by Wilhelm Dörpfeld. Digital library of
Heidelberg University.
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Populated places in Lefkada (regional unit)
Mediterranean port cities and towns in Greece