What Tom Holland has said about Suitors of Penelope
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 15, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Suitors of Penelope once 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 compares the maids who slept with the suitors to female collaborators in post-Vichy France.
“So it's a bit like post-Vichy France. They are female collaborators, horizontales”
The Rest Is History: 688. The Odyssey: Return of the King (Part 2) (Jul 15, 2026) · Listen from 54:10
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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