Roberto Calasso

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Dominic reads a passage from Calasso's book about the Twelve Gods of Olympus appearing as entirely human, and Tom describes it as 'a fantastically odd book, brilliant book, brilliantly original' that gives you the Greek myths in a way you've never read them before.

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Tom asks Dominic if he has read this book, describing it as 'a wonderful, weird, haunting account of the Greek myths' and quotes from it regarding the legend of Achilles and Helen on the White Island (Snake Island)

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Mentioned as 'a wonderful book about the Greek gods' during the discussion of Dionysus. The speaker quotes a memorable line from it about Dionysus's phallus.