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Mentioned throughout, including references to Odysseus, Circe, and the sirens. Tom says it was his 'gateway drug' to Greek mythology. They discuss doing a future episode on it when Christopher Nolan's film adaptation is released.

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Mentioned alongside The Iliad as Homer's second great poem about Odysseus's 10-year journey home after the Trojan War.

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Referenced for the passage where Odysseus lies to Athena, claiming he paid passage to Phoenicians who brought him to Ithaca.

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Mentioned alongside the Epic of Gilgamesh as another ancient text featuring the dead rising

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Referenced multiple times in discussion of Odysseus's homecoming (nostos) and Greek mythology, with Stephen noting 'you can read the whole of the Iliad and the whole of the Odyssey.'

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Referenced as 'the sequel' to the Iliad, specifically mentioning the scene where 'we meet the ghost of Achilles in the underworld' who regrets choosing a short glorious life.