The Poet and His World
Adam Nicolson visits the locations from where ±«Óãtvr's Iliad and Odyssey were said to have come.
Adam Nicolson travels along the eastern Mediterranean, from the Ionian Sea to the western coast of Turkey to trace the origins of the poems at the root of modern European thought.
Visiting the island of Chios, where ±«Óãtvr might have come from, and then travelling on to Troy and Ithaca and sailing the Aegean, Adam reads The Iliad and The Odyssey, to explore their landscapes and world from which these important epic poems emerged.
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The Iliad and Odyssey
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Achilles and Odysseus: fate, destiny and free will (audio)
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- Sun 30 Mar 2008 21:30±«Óãtv Radio 3
- Tue 28 Jul 2009 21:30±«Óãtv Radio 3
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