Historian Explains the ENTIRE ODYSSEY

This is the REAL history behind Christopher Nolan's new movie 'The Odyssey'! It's a Greek epic that charts the many trials of the Mycenaean King Odysseus on a 10-year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. In today's episode, historian Dan Snow breaks down exactly what happens in that story, where it happens and what it all means. He tells the story of Homer's poem and traces Odysseus' route across the Mediterranean with his Big Pad, trying to map the route he could have taken based on ancient and modern historical theories... 0:00 Introduction to The Odyssey 1:32 The origins and history of Homer's epic poem 5:14 Who was Odysseus and where did he go? 7:18 Klarna 08:07 Troy 13:34 Thrace 16:25 Lotus Eaters 18:46 The Cyclops 23:54 Aeolos 28:14 Circe 32:37 The Underworld 36:15 Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis 40:27 Calypso's Island 44:10 Phaecia Produced by Mariana Des Forges, James Hickmann and McKenna Fernandez, edited by Matthew Wilson & the channel manager is Vilde Øksnes. Start your summer trip right with a Klarna membership. Get travel perks and protection all in one membership, sign up to Klarna Premium or Max for 30% off your first three months today: https://l.klarna.com/22XC/dan-snow-po.... You can find more Dan Snow's History Hit on the audio podcast here: https://podfollow.com/dan-snows-histo... Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. All music from Epidemic Sounds. #DanSnowsHistoryHit #HistoryPodcast #Odyssey