What Tom Holland has said about Polyphemus
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 12, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Polyphemus 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 cites the theory that skulls of extinct Sicilian dwarf elephants, whose nasal cavity resembles a single eye, inspired the Cyclops myth.
“she suggested that there were dwarf elephants on Sicily. So they'd gone extinct long before ancient Greek times”
The Rest Is History: 687. The Odyssey: Hero of the Trojan Horse (Part 1) (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 36:23
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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