Circe
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Circe has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland interprets Circe as a shaman-like figure who leads Odysseus into a magical dimension where time moves differently, akin to an initiation.
“I think that there's a kind of quality of the shaman about Circe, the sense that she has conducted Odysseus and his men into a dimension of mystery and magic”
The Rest Is History: 687. The Odyssey: Hero of the Trojan Horse (Part 1) (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 51:20
Holland says Odysseus's sexual relationship with Circe was no moral issue for Homer despite his devotion to Penelope.
“His sexual relationship with Circe is a complete non-issue to Homer”
The Rest Is History: 687. The Odyssey: Hero of the Trojan Horse (Part 1) (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 50:52
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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.