Carol Dougherty · 2001
A literary study of commerce, geography, and identity themes in the Odyssey.
Tom Holland calls it a brilliant book containing valuable details and themes belonging to the contemporary world of its audience.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“So there is a brilliant book on this by a scholar called Carol Doughty, The Raft of Odysseus.”
Why: It contains valuable details and themes that belong to the contemporary world of its audience.
Tom Holland, Host on The Rest Is HistoryThe Odyssey: Hero of the Trojan Horse (Part 1)
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