The place
Place traditionally associated with the burial of Elpenor, Ulysses's companion who died falling from the roof of Circe's palace and was buried by the hero on his return to the island, according to the account in Book XII of the Odyssey. Already in the Augustan age the Greek geographer Strabo reported that on the promontory local priests showed visitors both the tomb of Elpenor and a cup attributed to Ulysses. Some local scholars have suggested identifying this tomb with a circular tholos-type structure of pre-Roman origin found within the historic Aguet estate; it nonetheless remains a place of strong symbolic and legendary value rather than an archaeologically certified site.