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Ithaca: The Epicentre of the Western Civilisation FOREWORDS This paper aim is to unfold the context within which M.U.R.E.N.A. researchers are setting their work. The hypothesis we try to probe is the centrality of the island of Ithaca. This privileged position can be seen both geographically within the context of the Ionian archipelago and the trading routes between Eastern and Western Mediterranean, as well as in terms of the centrality of the Myth of Ithaca within Ancient Greece and the European civilisation.