Corfu's Achilleion and Empress Sisi's Obsession with Homer's Hero

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The Achilleion de Corfu is recaptured by renewed international interest in Homer's great works and the expected film premiere of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'. In the same waters of the Ionian Sea where Odysseus returned to his home in Ithaca after the Trojan War, the palace regains the legacy of Empress Elizabeth of Austria and Queen of Hungary, known as Sisi, and her fascination with the legendary homomeric hero Achilles.The Greek Ministry…