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Homer's Odyssey has been read and studied for thousands of years, and this summer it reaches a new audience with Christopher Nolan's epic film adaptation, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus. This map and guide locates the mythological places of the poem in real Mediterranean islands and coastlines, from the volcanic Aeolian Islands to the straits of Messina, from the Croatian island of Mljet to the shores of Corfu. It draws on centuries of scholarly debate about where Homer's fantastical lands might exist, presenting the most compelling theories alongside the stories themselves. Witty, informed and designed to make people want to visit these places, it's written by Laura Coffey, author of Islands: A Mediterranean Odyssey, which documents a six-month journey through the Greek Isles, exploring the mythical, real-world locations of Odysseus's journey.

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Laura Coffey is author of Enchanted Islands: A Mediterranean Odyssey, which documents a six-month journey through the Greek Isles, exploring the mythical, real-world locations of Odysseus' journey. She writes regularly for national and international magazines and newspapers, like BBC Travel, The Guardian and Condé Nast Traveller, and has appeared in a wide range of Podcasts including CNT Women Who Travel. Laura holds an MA and M.Phil from St John's College, Cambridge University, is a certified yoga teacher and an excitable bird nerd. When she's not writing she can be found cycling across London, stretching out on her yoga mat, or best of all, planning an escape to a remote island. Vanessa Lovegrove is a freelance illustrator hailing from Bristol via London, and her expressive and textural work has been used in editorial, publishing and packaging design, with clients including New York Times, The Washington Post, Hachette, Architectural Digest and Atlassian.

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