“The Idiot and the Odyssey II – Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean” is scheduled for publication in 2012.
The working table of contents below gives readers an idea of where they’ll soon be able to Follow The Idiot.
WORKING TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Gypsies Take Me Down
Part One
MedTrekking On Italy’s Ulysses Riviera
1. Meeting Adorable Athena in Rome
2. Mountaintop Chats With Circe
3. Stumbling Into Pompeii, Singing Sirens and Thieving Gypsies
4. Getting a Kick Out of the Toe of Italy’s Boot
On the MedTrek: Meeting Athena
Part Two
Strolling Around Sicily and Finding Kalypso
5. Taking A Breath of Aeolian Winds
6. Seeking A Blinded Cyclops
7. Making Out in Malta
8. Mounting Etna and Pursuing the Sun God
On the MedTrek: Aeolian Winds
Part Three
Switching Gears in Magna Grecia
9. The Gods Send Me Island Hopping
10. Finding Homer in Chios
11. Liberating Lesbos and Limnos
12. Hanging Out With Odysseus on Ithaca
13. Searching For Nausikaa in Corfu
On the MedTrek: With Odysseus
Part Four
Getting Greeced With The Gods
14. Acclimating With Athena in Athens
15. Greeting Zeus on Mount Olympos
16. Monking Around on Mount Athos
17. Prancing About The Peloponnese
18. Ode On A Cretian Urn
On the MedTrek: Peloponnese Prance
Part Five
Talking Turkey and the Trojan War
19. All Roads Lead to Troy
20. MedTrekking Beyond The Sea
21. Swimming Across the Dardanelles
22. Homeward Bound
23. Getting SideTrekked
24. The Trojan Truth
On the MedTrek: Getting SideTrekked
Bibliography
Text and Photos: Joel Stratte-McClure
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