L'Odissea senza essere interrogato | Lorenzo Baravalle @ Tade Week 2026 Sassuolo

The Odyssey isn't about a journey, but a homecoming. It's a subtle difference, but it changes everything. Rereading it as an adult, without the anxiety of exams, means discovering a very modern book, one that breaks free from the clichés with which school has covered it. An adventure novel, a fantasy, a love story. And above all, a book about women. In this reading, I retrace Odysseus's journey and Homer's tale, in a contemporary and informal way. 0:00 Introduction 4:17 Myths to Debunk 12:10 The Structure of the Book 17:14 The Telemachy 21:45 From Calypso to the Phaeacians 27:38 Cicones and Lotus-Eaters 32:48 Polyphemus 36:12 Aeolus and the Laestrygonians 38:47 Circe, Hades, and the Sirens 50:25 The Return to Ithaca and Revenge 56:57 Odysseus and Penelope