Search For Ulysses

Duration: :53

Creator: CBS NEWS

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Associates the journal of Ulysses as told in the Odyssey with geographic locations which can be identified today. Views of the Land of the Lotus Eaters, the Sirens' Rocks, the Cave of Cyclops, Scylla, Charbdis, and the island of Circe and Calypso., Traces Ulysses' return to Ithaca after the Trojan War by showing present-day sites in the Mediterranean Sea which correspond to Homer's descriptions of Ulysses' adventures. Presents an overview of the research done by Ernle Bradford, author of Ulysses Found, upon which this film is based. Uses quotations of Homer's descriptions as read by James Mason.

Complete Record: Associates the journal of Ulysses as told in the Odyssey with geographic locations which can be identified today. Views of the Land of the Lotus Eaters, the Sirens' Rocks, the Cave of Cyclops, Scylla, Charbdis, and the island of Circe and Calypso., Traces Ulysses' return to Ithaca after the Trojan War by showing present-day sites in the Mediterranean Sea which correspond to Homer's descriptions of Ulysses' adventures. Presents an overview of the research done by Ernle Bradford, author of Ulysses Found, upon which this film is based. Uses quotations of Homer's descriptions as read by James Mason.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.