Birthplace of the Gods

S1 E2: Bettany Hughes continues to follow Odysseus’s winding trail home to Ithaca, beginning with a predawn trip to Delos, an island so sacred in ancient times that no one was allowed to live or die there. Then she sets sail to Ikaria, famed for its residents’ remarkably long lifespans, where she samples the island’s famous local honey and jumps feet first—literally—into ancient winemaking. A shock storm en route to Mykonos produces 20-foot-waves (and many cases of seasickness), mirroring the raging weather often depicted in Homer’s Odyssey.