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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on May 16, 2018, 07:43:21 PM

Title: The Odyssey in maps
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 16, 2018, 07:43:21 PM

Love this

http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/odysseus-journey.html

Title: Re: The Odyssey in maps
Post by: torridon on May 17, 2018, 06:34:26 AM

Really neat; thanks for posting  8)

Title: Re: The Odyssey in maps
Post by: jeremyp on May 18, 2018, 01:36:46 AM

How did they decide that the given real locations had anything to do with Odysseus's voyage?

Title: Re: The Odyssey in maps
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 18, 2018, 10:48:17 AM

Quote from: jeremyp on May 18, 2018, 01:36:46 AM

How did they decide that the given real locations had anything to do with Odysseus's voyage?

There's quote a lot of discussion on this through history. See link below. I tend to agree with Eratosthenes that "You will find the scene of Odysseus's wanderings when you find the cobbler who sewed up the bag of winds."
 But I still like the mapping as a piece of imagination

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_Odyssey

Title: Re: The Odyssey in maps
Post by: Udayana on May 21, 2018, 04:04:33 PM

mmm .. but didn't everyone work his route out for themselves when they were about 9?

Title: Re: The Odyssey in maps
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 21, 2018, 04:31:51 PM

Quote from: Udayana on May 21, 2018, 04:04:33 PM

mmm .. but didn't everyone work his route out for themselves when they were about 9?

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