03-02-2024, 12:32 PM
Perhaps you have seen this before. An interesting "rethinking" of the setting of Homer's "The Odyssey" from the Mediterranean to the Baltic region.
Was the “Odyssey” originally set in the Baltic?
(The Trojan War was fought in Finland and Ulysses sailed home to Denmark, says one controversial theory.)
The classic tale of the Odyssey is an account of Ulysses' journey home after the fall of Troy. As it turns out one amateur historian has been interestingly successful at reinterpreting the tale not from the geographic region of Greece, as we have historically understood, but instead as a tale which took place largely around the Baltic Sea...
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The author, Felice Vinci In his 1995 book Omero nel Baltico* has compiled some interesting "evidence" to support the possibility. It might be interesting to any who enjoy these kinds of explorations of quasi-historical fiction/facts.
* - The article translates "Omero nel Baltico" as "The Baltic Origins of Homer’s Epics" ... but I think it is more appropriate to translate it as "Homer of the Baltic."
Enjoy
Was the “Odyssey” originally set in the Baltic?
(The Trojan War was fought in Finland and Ulysses sailed home to Denmark, says one controversial theory.)
The classic tale of the Odyssey is an account of Ulysses' journey home after the fall of Troy. As it turns out one amateur historian has been interestingly successful at reinterpreting the tale not from the geographic region of Greece, as we have historically understood, but instead as a tale which took place largely around the Baltic Sea...
The author, Felice Vinci In his 1995 book Omero nel Baltico* has compiled some interesting "evidence" to support the possibility. It might be interesting to any who enjoy these kinds of explorations of quasi-historical fiction/facts.
* - The article translates "Omero nel Baltico" as "The Baltic Origins of Homer’s Epics" ... but I think it is more appropriate to translate it as "Homer of the Baltic."
Enjoy
