What Tom Holland has said about Phaeacians
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 15, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Phaeacians 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 says the Phaeacians represent the Odyssey's closest vision of an ideal society.
“to the degree that the Odyssey offers one, is a kind of a vision of... an ideal society”
The Rest Is History: 688. The Odyssey: Return of the King (Part 2) (Jul 15, 2026) · Listen from 24:35
Holland says Homer's original audience would have identified the Phaeacian island with Corcyra, modern Corfu.
“The location and the description of the kind of physical geography of Faisa made it seem like it was the island of Kukaira, which is now Corfu”
The Rest Is History: 688. The Odyssey: Return of the King (Part 2) (Jul 15, 2026) · Listen from 24:35
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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