What Tom Holland has said about Lotus-eaters
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 12, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Lotus-eaters 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 suggests the Victorian theory that the lotus was opium reveals more about Victorian society than about Homer.
“victorian scholars thought that probably it was opium and i think this probably says more about the victorians than it does about homer”
The Rest Is History: 687. The Odyssey: Hero of the Trojan Horse (Part 1) (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 19:29
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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