What Tom Holland has said about Circe
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 12, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Circe 2 times 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 says Odysseus's sexual relationship with Circe was no moral issue for Homer despite his devotion to Penelope.
“His sexual relationship with Circe is a complete non-issue to Homer”
The Rest Is History: 687. The Odyssey: Hero of the Trojan Horse (Part 1) (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 50:52
Holland interprets Circe as a shaman-like figure who leads Odysseus into a magical dimension where time moves differently, akin to an initiation.
“I think that there's a kind of quality of the shaman about Circe, the sense that she has conducted Odysseus and his men into a dimension of mystery and magic”
The Rest Is History: 687. The Odyssey: Hero of the Trojan Horse (Part 1) (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 51:20
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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