Summer Special - His Left Foot: Philoctetes

Send us a text IN WHICH: Odysseus uses guile and deceit to attain The Bow of Heracles from Philoctetes, the man he betrayed and abandoned ten years before. Watch a video of "The Speckled Bull" - an Irish folktale descended from the myth of Heracles and Achelous HERE. See artwork related to this episode HERE. Email Tom Lee HERE

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Tom Lee retells the epic poem "The Odyssey" with diversions and excursions into the vast constellation of Greek myths surrounding the central story. The Odyssey describes a journey through time and against death, away from demons and towards home - if home is still there. Hear the story and the stories surrounding story while reflecting on how how humans have connected with this complicated hero for almost three thousand years.