What Tom Holland has said about Nekyia
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 12, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Nekyia 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 argues the Greek cult of glory was shadowed by the absence of any heaven for all but the greatest, making life's brilliance more precious.
“there is no equivalent of the Christian or Muslim heaven for all but the very greatest”
The Rest Is History: 687. The Odyssey: Hero of the Trojan Horse (Part 1) (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 57:34
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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