Felice Vinci, Omero nel Baltico. Le origini nordiche dell’Odissea e dell’Iliade (5th edition; Rome: Palombi Editori, 2009)

I heard about Felice Vinci’s book for the first time in 2001. At that time I was starting my scholarly researches in Finnish art and I found it most intriguing to be introduced to the unconventional theories on classical mythology of a professional engineer, who proposed as of the 1990s a new approach to Homer’s epics. According to Vinci, the origins of the Iliad and the Odyssey are to be retrieved in the Northern European countries, and specifically on the Baltic coasts. I must confess that I was sceptical at the beginning. Then, I read his book and began to appreciate the quality of his arguments.