Phaeacians
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Phaeacians has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
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
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
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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.