The Odyssey (TRIH eps 687-688)
1,180 BCE–1,170 BCE · Resource
How does The Odyssey, one of the greatest stories of all time, unfold? What historical events may it be based on? And, where might Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s epic, have faced his various trials in real life? Join Tom and Dominic as they unravel the legendary story of Homer’s Odyssey, and its historical precedents.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1180 BCE
- The Sack of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The death of Hector (1184 BCE)
- Zhou dynasty (1046 BCE)
- The Wooden Horse (1184 BCE)
- The Fall of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The slaughter of the suitors (1175 BCE)
- Exodus from Egypt (1300 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Phoenician alphabet emerges (1050 BCE)
- Ramesses II (the Great) (1303 BCE)