Has Homer's Tomb been found in Ios, Greece?

Homer is among the most frequently talked about authors over all of human history and myth more than facts surround his life and death. If, indeed, Homer did exist, there are numerous theories about who he was, when he lived, where he was born and how and where he died. One ending to Homer's life says that he died of old age at around the age of 99, settling there since it was the home of his mother. Another story is that he had an accident, fell ill or was killed after failing to solve a riddle given him by a group of young boys during a trip to Ios and that his body was taken there for burial after he died. One thing is certain, and that is there is as much myth surrounding Homer's death as there is around his life and the stories he wove.

As for the grave itself, an inscription on the tomb apparently identifies it as belonging to Homer as well as various texts by prominent ancient Greek historians attesting to the fact.
 
Getting to the site at Ion is not an easy trip but it is nevertheless a popular tourist attraction and those who have visited the site have said it was worth the effort to get there.

First produced in 423 BC at the City Dionysia theater festival, Aristophanes’ Clouds is often considered one of the world’s first comedies of ideas—a sort of “Saturday Night Live” political satire. The play is, however, unusually serious for an “Old Comedy,” as comedies of this period are known, and perhaps for that reason was not well received at first.

Athens was looking for peace in the ongoing Peloponnesian War, and Aristophanes provided a distraction, turning his attention to such issues as the sorry state of education in Athens and the recurring battle between so-called old and new ideas. The playwright’s main target is Socrates, who is lampooned as a petty thief, a fraud, and an arch sophist. Clouds introduced Socrates on the stage of world literature, and Plato appears to have considered the play a contributing factor in the philosopher’s trial and execution in 399 BC.

 Despite the play’s poor reception initially, it remains one of the most famous and popular Greek comedies, containing some of the finest specimens we have of lyric poetry. It is interesting to think of Aristophanes as being as much a reporter or opinion writer as a dramatist, because of his ability to freely communicate his political opinions in the play. Ian Johnston’s translation of Clouds brings both the lyricism and the humor of the original to today’s audiences.