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.
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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/by-sa/4.0/
“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/by/2.0/
Photo of Calder’s Geo — Shetland.org — used for educational commentary — https://www.shetland.org/blog/things-to-do-shetland-fire-festival-season-up-helly-aa
Photo of Shetland Geo — Shetland Outdoor & Recreation Trust — used for educational commentary — https://sobt.co.uk/walk-hams-of-muckle-roe/
“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-of-seals-resting-on-a-rocky-outcrop-tUvHKIFsBFM
“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/by/4.0/
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Your mohawk is exquisite, sir!
Americans really want to insert themselves in any timeframe and anywhere in everyway possible..🙄🥱🤣
Why would it be crazy knowing that even 40,000 years ago people were moving back-and-forth across oceans on Reed boats?
Bro did all that to get back to Greece
Odysseus was a mythical character, he wasn't a real person. The Odyssey isn't a real story it's mythology even the story of Troy isn't 100% real. Most of the characters and events are just stories guys.
Odysseus is not a real person 😂😂
This is so good. I love how this expands the myth. Thanks buddy.
You got a new sub
Incredible stuff, man. Fascinating work.
There was no real voyage, its fiction mate.
Excellent..I was also thinking that how could he wander 10 yrs in only Mediterranean area..as it was well populated and he should have known that area well …
He must be lost in sea…
HES RIGHT WHAT
He wouldn't have made it there never mind getting back 😂
check world map 1578 you will find the exact location
Haplogroup X
its probably as you suggested, a bunch of stories composed into one, but i like to believe that it is the real adventure of the real odysseus sailing across the atlantic making all 12 or so stops
Odysseus is a FICTIONAL character.
Deze map bevat geen IJsland waar de zomer dag 22 uur duurd
wow, can you now make a video about quantum particles and entanglement? Physicists need your help 🙂
50:16 like many other creatures, nothing special
Man this is such a reach. Great time killer but still dumb
NO he did not! people were already in the "new" world 30,000 years? what is more ~ which part of the continent called 'The Americas' . If you mean USA – say USA don't assume you are more than 5% of the peoples of the world. and well less than 30% of the north americas and only 1 of 23 nations – no right to call themselves America – arrogant even. That said, interesting talk
which America!
great story, thankyou, but really annoying background noise. quite distracting , we have brains – don't need this.
thumbs down for irritating music. this is not a Disney movie!
well he wasnt real, so thats a huge hurdle we might not be able to overcome.
The Odyssey is a myth. Do you know what a myth is? A myth is a fictional story. That means that its make believe. There was no Odysseus, there was no Odyssey. It never happened.