What Tom Holland has said about Cattle of Helios
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 12, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Cattle of Helios once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on July 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland explains that solar cattle appear widely in Indo-European myth and their theft always represents an insult to the cosmic order.
“notions of solar cattle seem to have been very widespread. in the myths of the ancient Indo-Europeans”
The Rest Is History: 687. The Odyssey: Hero of the Trojan Horse (Part 1) (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 1:03:40
Episodes
687. The Odyssey: Hero of the Trojan Horse (Part 1)The Rest Is History · Jul 12, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook retell the first half of Homer's Odyssey, from Troy's fall to Calypso's island, and probe its roots in Greek colonisation.
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