Did Odysseus Discover America?

Could the Odyssey preserve echoes of long-lost voyages beyond the Mediterranean—perhaps even across the Atlantic? A speculative discussion informed by Homeric scholarship, archaeology, and ancient literature. *** To support this show and our mission to bring the classics to the general public, please visit   / greecepodcast   *** IMAGE SOURCES / CREDITS (listed in order of appearance): Map of Odysseus’ route — World History Encyclopedia (used for educational commentary) Map of Odysseus’ route — The Collector, by Simeon Nechev (used for educational commentary) Map of Odysseus’ route — Archaeology Magazine (used for educational commentary) “Odysseus und Polyphemus” — Arnold Böcklin (1896) — Public Domain “Ulysses and the Sirens” — John William Waterhouse — Public Domain “Circe Invidiosa” — John William Waterhouse — Public Domain “The Burning of Troy” — Dirck Verhaert (c. 1660) — Public Domain “Homer and his Guide” — William-Adolphe Bouguereau — Publid Domain Mycenaean Armor of the 15th century BC — Hellenic Armors (hellenicarmors.gr), used for educational commentary “The Burning of Troy” — Gillis Mostaert (c. 1685) — Public Domain Bronze Age Collapse Map — Ian Mladjov (used for educational commentary) “Odysseus' Journey.svg” — Giulia Zoccarato (DensityDesign Integrated Course Final Synthesis Studio, Politecnico di Milano) — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... “Hecataeus world map-en.svg” — Bibi Saint-Pol — Wikimedia Commons — Public Domain Map of Norse Route to America — Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History “Odysseus Kills the Suitors” — illustration from Gustav Schwab, Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums (1882) — Public Domain Map of Aeneas’ Route — The Aeneas Route Association (used for educational commentary) “Map of Atlantis” — Ignatius Donnelly (1882) — Public Domain Map of North Atlantic Gyres — Ellen Viste, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research “Gjógv-2.jpg” — Stig Nygaard — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Photo of Calder’s Geo — Shetland.org — used for educational commentary — https://www.shetland.org/blog/things-... Photo of Shetland Geo — Shetland Outdoor & Recreation Trust — used for educational commentary — https://sobt.co.uk/walk-hams-of-muckl... “Pytheas’ Trireme” — John F. Campbell (1923 lithograph) “Map of Pytheas’ Voyage” — Jefrey L. Ward (c. 2002) Map of Severin’s Voyage — from Tim Severin’s The Brendan Voyage — used for educational commentary Map of Bay of Fundy — Encyclopedia Britannica (used for educational commentary) “Colony of seals resting on rocky outcrop” — Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/a-colony-... “Grey Seal on seaweed, Iceland.jpg” — Photograph by Waitblock — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 MUSIC CREDITS The following music tracks were composed by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com): —Envision —Vibing Over Venus —Half Mystery —Outfoxing the Fox —Crypto —Too Cool —Second Coming (Instrumental) —Equatorial Complex —Drums of the Deep —Beauty Flow Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...