The German archaeologist Wilhelm Dörpfeld, having examined the geographical descriptions of Homer in the Iliad and the Odyssey believed  that Lefkada was Homer's Ithaca, and that the palace of Odysseus was located west of Nydri on the south coast of Lefkada.
Based on his examination of Homer’s geographical descriptions in the Iliad and Odyssey, Wilhelm Dörpfeld concluded that Lefkada represented Homer's Ithaca. He also posited that Odysseus' palace was located west of Nydri on the southern coast of Lefkada.