Travis Simpkins: Odyssey

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Sunday, March 25, 2018

Homer. Ancient Roman. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Homer

Roman, Republican or Imperial Period

1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D.

Collection of the

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Travis Simpkins

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

For more info, please visit:

www.mfa.org

Homer. Ancient Rome. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Homer. Ancient Roman. by Travis Simpkins

Homer. Ancient Roman. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Homer

Roman, Republican or Imperial Period

1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D.

Collection of the

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Travis Simpkins

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

For more info, please visit:

www.mfa.org

Homer. Ancient Rome. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Homer. Ancient Roman. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Homer

Roman, Republican or Imperial Period

1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D.

Collection of the

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Travis Simpkins

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

For more info, please visit:

www.mfa.org

Homer. Ancient Rome. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Friday, July 14, 2017

Homer. Ancient Roman. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Homer

Roman, Republican or Imperial Period

1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D.

Collection of the

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Travis Simpkins

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

For more info, please visit:

www.mfa.org

Homer. Ancient Rome. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Saturday, June 24, 2017

The Odyssey (1997): Homer's Ancient Epic Poem Gets the TV Movie Treatment

Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, and developed as a made-for-TV movie, The Odyssey (1997) does wonders within the television format. Split as a two part miniseries, the film follows Homer's Ancient Greek epic poem pretty closely, focusing on Odysseus' long and troubled journey home to Ithaca, hindered by the Gods, after the Trojan War. Some of the special effects are a bit dated, but the overall feel of the movie remains fresh over 15 years later. Francis Ford Coppola produced the film and Jim Henson's workshop supplied the "monsters". The cast does a great job, including Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams, Eric Roberts, Geraldine Chaplin and Christopher Lee.

The Odyssey: Odysseus

The Odyssey:

The Odyssey: Odysseus

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The Odyssey: Cyclops

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The Odyssey: Hades

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"The Odyssey"- movie trailer

Sunday, May 21, 2017

"The Lost Island" by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

The Lost Island

by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Grand Central Publishing, 2014

Notes by Travis Simpkins

Part of their "Gideon Crew" series of novels, The Lost Island by Preston & Child in a fast paced and truly enveloping adventure that is hard to put down once begun. Tense action and unexpected turns keep the story interesting throughout it's 355 pages.

Master thief Gideon Crew is hired to steal a page from the priceless 9th Century illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells, while it is on display at the Morgan Library. Once obtained, his employer reveals that a secret map is hidden beneath the page's decoration… a map that leads to an ancient cure-all that would be of invaluable benefit to all of humanity. Paired with a feisty partner, Amy, Gideon follows the map through treacherous seas to a remote island in the Caribbean where the two find that the fanciful events written about by Homer in The Odyssey may be based in fact.

To reveal more of the surprises contained within the plot would be a disservice to the book. The clever masterwork of these two authors illustrates the type of path more blockbuster mystery novels should take… that of an intelligent yet entertaining historically-themed thriller.