The Odyssey: Return of the King (TRIH ep 688, part 2)
1,170 BCE · Resource
How did the second half of Odysseus’ long journey home to Ithaca play out? What does the epic’s account of the Olympian gods indicate about Ancient Greek religion? And, how did Odysseus finally make it home to Penelope and her suitors?
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Around 1170 BCE
- The Sack of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The death of Hector (1184 BCE)
- Zhou dynasty (1046 BCE)
- The Wooden Horse (1184 BCE)
- Exodus from Egypt (1300 BCE)
- The slaughter of the suitors (1175 BCE)
- The Fall of Troy (1184 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Phoenician alphabet emerges (1050 BCE)
- Reign of Ramesses II (1279 BCE)