In brief Ithaca is far from Greece's tourism hubs, but it has attracted interested after the blockbuster success of The Odyssey film. 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. The Italian lawyer said it was her dream to come to Ithaca, widely believed to be the same island the poem's hero Odysseus called home. The island's businesses and officials now expect the film to inspire many more to follow in her footsteps. "But behind Nolan's film stands Homer."