Odyssey

“there's a part i think in the odyssey where odysseus says that he sort of reasons with his or he ponders evils in his thumos ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 9s

“he was an incredibly rich man he'd made his money through trade in sort of indigo in i want to say coffee um maybe it was tea i this sort of thing he's a he's a great sort of businessman of the time and he was an amateur archaeologist so not trained in any way no no so he very much went over to where he was told troy might be with his copy of homer iliad odyssey and you know his kind of digging equipment ”

“of course the odyssey the the next book is is all about that and and the attempt to return home ”

“and it's in that period that we believe the odyssey takes place ”

“why is the odyssey such an important story ”

“i just tell you my own version of the odyssey all the stuff you need to know just the story the raw story which will inform this episode and our discussion ”

“and the odyssey by armour ”

“we'll be explaining everything you need to know about the odyssey and about christopher columbus as well ”

“the house of atreides that's taken right from agamemnon's house in in the in the iliad and the odyssey ”

“or whether it's homer doing it in the odyssey ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s

“they're referencing uh the iliad and the odyssey ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 2s