BONUS: The Complete Map of the Odyssey
Dan Snow's History Hit

BONUS: The Complete Map of the Odyssey

B2Upper-intermediateJuly 17, 202651 min

A special video podcast where Dan charts the course of Odysseus through the Mediterranean as he investigates the true places that could have inspired the Odyssey. Using his new Big Pad, Dan investigates the theories of ancient and modern scholars to see if he can build a plausible route that the Mycenaean king could have taken from Troy - modern day Hisarlik in Turkey- to Malta, Sicily and all the way to the Ionian island of Ithaca, where the ruins of the very real Palace of Odysseus stand... Produced by Mariana Des Forges, McKenna Fernandez and...

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