Odysseus: Historicity, Inspirations and Themes from Ancient Greece

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on the Homer's Odyssey and its hero Odysseus of Ithaca, as we discuss his journed in the aftermath of Iliad, and the historicity, inspiration and themes of the epic myth of the Ancient Greeks. The video will discuss the historiographical context of Homer's Odyssey, its transition from Bronze to Iron Age, themes of ethnicity and colonization, aristocratic and mercantile values, ritual and psychological events, as well as the Greek worldview and their outlook of the Barbarians and how at times Odysseus can be seen as a hero and an anti-hero.