Kostas Doukas

Kostas Doukas was born in Athens in 1937. He is a journalist, a member of the Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA), and has been honored with the Botsis Foundation Award. He is a graduate and holds a diploma in Translation from the French Institute of Athens. Doukas has conducted extensive research on ancient Greek literature, particularly Homeric literature, and has authored numerous books that have advanced historical research, especially regarding the era in which Homer lived and wrote. He identifies Homer with the epic hero Odysseus, based on evidence derived from the Iliad and the Odyssey. Among his most significant works is the translation of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," which closely approaches the roots and words of Homer, demonstrating that over 80% of Homeric words are used and pronounced in the same way in modern Greek to express ideas. In his book "The Genesis of Language," the author explores the origins of the Greek language through the ages with insightful and convincing arguments, and for the first time, deciphers several Linear B tablets using Michael Ventris's syllabary. From the texts revealed, the mechanism that led the Mycenaeans, Minoans, Pylians, and others to invent Linear B is uncovered, debunking the myth that Linear B was used only for cataloging and confirming that ancient Greeks spoke in the same way as their modern descendants.