Alexopoulou, Marigo. The Theme of Returning Home in Ancient Greek Literature: The Nostos of the Epic Heroes. With a Foreword by Professor Vayos Liapis. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. viii, 150 p.

ISBN 0773447202; 9780773447202

The author traces the tradition established by Homer right down to the poetry of twentieth-century Greek poets. See, e.g., C.P. Cavafy, "The Funeral of Sarpedon" (pp. 126-127), "Ithaca" (pp. 131-133); Giannis Ritsos, "Penelope's Despair" (pp. 128-130), "Return II (pp. 130-131); and Giorgos Seferis, "The Return of the Exile" (pp. 119-122), "Thrush" (pp. 123-125).