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6 May 2011

The Independent reviews a new book about the Mediterranean by Prof David Abulafia. The interesting thought (for Baedeker fans) is that Homeros' Odyssey might have been 'a Baedeker guide for "early Greek sailors"'.

Scylla and Charybdis - well worth a detour, I would have thought... :-)

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