Troija

Current Events

1. Homer's Epics

2. History of the Stories

3. Odysseus in the North

4. Troy in Kisko, Finland

4.1. Vinci’s theory in the media

4.2. Renaissance of Kisko-Seura

4.3. Odysseus’s footprints

4.4. About Kisko-Seura

Antique greek ceramics. Odysseus under the mercy of the sea after a storm, which Homeros tells us about in the fifth verse of the Odyssey.

Vinci’s theory in the media

Felice Vinci's first book on his theory about the location of Troy and the events of Homer's epics was Homericus Nuncius, which was published in Italy in the fall of 1993. The first articles about it appeared in the Finnish papers in early 1994.

The first articles in Finland appeared in Helsingin Sanomat in February 1994. The theory was greeted with incredulity and amazement and Finnish scholars were quick to label it an interesting joke. The people in the small municipality of Kisko, where Troy had been located according to Vinci's theory, were fascinated and thrilled. Few dared to declare that they actually believed the theory to be true, but most people recognized that the theory could not be dismissed with just a shrug.

Kisko is situated in the vicinity of Salo, home and birth place of Nokia mobile phones. The local newspaper Salon Seudun Sanomat and Turun Sanomat, a bigger daily newspaper published in Turku wrote about the theory and the effect it had in Kisko. These two were joined by Perniönseudun Lehti, a small weekly based in Perniö, one of Kisko's neighbors.

Apart from Helsingin Sanomat, other nationally distributed magazines and newspapers were interested in the theory, each approaching the subject in its own particular manner. Among these were Iltalehti and Seura-lehti.

Most of the Finnish newspapers covered the main points of the theory, but only the local media - papers as well as radio and TV - handled also the various events taking place in Kisko that were sparked by the theory. The local media also covered each of Mr. Vinci's visits to the area.

Other newspapers around the Baltic Sea wrote about the theory and the media especially covered both Mr. Vinci and his theory when he visited these areas after the publication of his first book.

The Italian and Greek media were also interested in Vinci's theory. Articles appeared in a number of daily newspapers as well as periodicals in Italy. All in all the total coverage of the theory in the foreign press has been well over 30 000 mm of column space.

In 1994, when the theory became known in Finland, two cousins in Kisko made a documentary film about the theory and Mr. Vinci. Later more renowned directors have handled the theory as well, although not in Finland. Since the publication of Vinci's book in Russian and in English, a myriad of articles about it have been published on the internet and in the media all over the world.