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What significance do mythologies hold? For Giulio Giorello, philosopher of science and contributor to Corriere della Sera, myth is far from sterile; it is, in fact, the vital sap of the tree of knowledge, continuously enriching the cultural fabric of different historical eras. Thus, Odysseus would be the metamorphosis, the transposition into the Greek world of a Phoenician hero featured in some Eastern tradition poems, which Homer would have drawn upon extensively in composing his work. In his latest book, Prometeo, Ulisse e Gilgamesh. Figure del mito, Giorello explores this perspective, finding connections between the ancient myths that are at the roots of Western civilization.
