Ithaca bets on hometown hero Odysseus for tourism boom

ITHACA, Greece — Standing on the ferry as it waits to dock on the Greek island of Ithaca, Giorgia Ongarato is only too keen to talk about the "Odyssey" -- the epic poem that inspired Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film.

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