What Tom Holland has said about Homeric Question
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 15, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Homeric Question 2 times in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on July 15, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland suggests the blind bard at Alcinous's court may be the origin of the tradition that Homer was blind.
“It may well be that that description is what gives rise to the legend that Homer was blind”
The Rest Is History: 688. The Odyssey: Return of the King (Part 2) (Jul 15, 2026) · Listen from 26:43
Holland argues that Odysseus's invented tales of Egyptian mercenary service and Phoenician slavers reflect Homer's own era rather than the Bronze Age.
“this is much more appropriate to the 8th or 7th centuries BC than to the Bronze Age”
The Rest Is History: 688. The Odyssey: Return of the King (Part 2) (Jul 15, 2026) · Listen from 34:58
Episodes
688. The Odyssey: Return of the King (Part 2)The Rest Is History · Jul 15, 2026 · 1 h 6 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook retell the second half of Homer's Odyssey, from Telemachus's journey and Calypso's island to the slaughter of the suitors and reunion with Penelope.
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