Geography of the Odyssey from historical inquiries that Hesiod had made. The 2nd century BC poet-historian Apollodorus of Athens sympathises with Eratosthenes, believing that Homer imagined the wanderings as having taken place in a kind of fairyland in the Atlantic; he actively criticises the standard identifications in and around Sicily, and refuses to offer any identifications of his own. The 2nd century BC historian Polybius discusses the wanderings in book 34 of his history. He refutes Apollodorus' idea that the wanderings were in the Atlantic on the basis of "Odyssey" 9.82, where Odysseus says that he sailed for nine days from Cape Malea in
Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated "Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated" contains 28 fables written and illustrated by Thurber. "Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated" contains nine poems written by diverse authors and illustrated by Thurber (the dates given are those of The New Yorker issue): Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated is a 1940 book by James Thurber. Thurber updates some old fables and creates some new ones of his own. Notably there is 'The Bear Who Could Take It Or Leave It Alone' about a bear who lapses into