CUNNING HOMER: TO PUBLISHERS

Alberto Majrani THE CUNNING HOMER and the ingenious deception of the Odyssey

Who killed the suitors in Homer’s Odyssey?? A careful reading of the epic poem reveals a myriad of clues left by Homer with a surprising conclusion: the mysterious stranger, who arrived in Ithaca after twenty years and that no one was able to recognize was not Ulysses! But then, who could he really be? He was the expert Achaean archer Philoctetes in disguise! With this key, the Homeric poem suddenly assumes a logic and coherence hitherto unsuspected. This explains why Homer continues to praise the art of deception: it is he who has deceived us for three thousand years! And the surprises do not end there: all the apparent inconsistencies of the Iliad and the Odyssey that have plagued students and teachers for generations, known as the "Homeric Question", now fall effortlessly in place. The ancient texts finally agree with historical and archaeological data, fully revealing the genius of their author. Investigating the naturalistic, geographical and astronomical aspects with the right scientific key, it turns out that many myths are not only beautiful fairy tales, but arise from real events whose origin is only now beginning to be glimpsed.

sabato 27 giugno 2026

TO PUBLISHERS

Dear Sirs,

"Good Homer sometimes sleeps," proclaimed Horace... but perhaps Homer was much smarter than we think! As Aristotle wrote (Poetics, 24, 19): "Homer above all taught others how to tell lies." Now we understand why Homer continued to praise the art of deception; he was the true king of cunning!

All the Hollywood press offices are bombarding newspapers and television stations with Christopher Nolan's new blockbuster film about the Odyssey . It's safe to assume it will be seen by hundreds of millions of viewers, both in theaters and on television. Two billion people will be talking about it.

Shouldn't we exploit this enormous free advertising campaign to launch a book explaining the TRUE STORY OF THE ODYSSEY? What if the solution to the greatest mystery in human history was different than we've always thought?

Books on mythology and archaeology, such as those by Madeline Miller, Manfredi, and Jacq, as well as television programs on the same subjects, have a huge following, not to mention all those that discuss "mysteries" without providing scientifically valid solutions. There are millions of interested readers.

I wrote two book in Italian about Odyssey and Homeric question; my first book ULISSE, NESSUNO, FILOTTETE, only 141 pages, has been a finalist in 2008 for the Florence Prize for Nonfiction and for the Cesare De Lollis Prize, dedicated to the renowned philologist.

Meanwhile I wrote a new book, titled L’ASTUTO OMERO, it has 428 pages, including 270 images.

The english translation, THE CUNNING HOMER, is ready. I'm also already translating it into Spanish, and French.

I won't go into further detail: on the first pages, you'll find my brief biography, reviews by archaeologists, Greek scholars, astronomers, and astronauts(!), a preface by ephistemologist Giulio Giorello, as well as the introduction that serves as a synopsis. The introduction has been published by many italian magazines and also on June 16, 2021 by the website Classical Wisdom. On January 2026, the same text was used by Classical Wisdom as bait to invite its followers to watch a long interview with renowned Homer translator Emily Wilson.

The entire book is already translated into English by me, although it will need to be refined by a professional translator. Websites and texts in Spanish, French, and perhaps German are in preparation.

At https://scienzaviaggi.blogspot.com/2019/11/libri-majrani-in-offerta.html, you can find some of the other books produced by the Majrani brothers. We are journalist and photographers, our father Guglielmo was director of Associated Press in Milan.

The journalistic and popular style makes it suitable for everyone, even those completely unfamiliar with mythology, archaeology, philology, etc., but the theses presented remain valid even for leading experts in any subject.

This book will never get old; if books and publishers are still around in the next century, it will continue to be sold, just like the Iliad and the Odyssey.

One last important recommendation: as I explained at the very beginning of the first chapter: "I would also ask those who have studied classical literature to try to put aside all the traditional explanations they learned in high school or university, and to make an effort to approach this interpretation with an unprejudiced mind. During the course of the discussion, we will have the opportunity to compare the "academic" theses with the more or less "heretical" ones, and also to digress into some topics that do not directly concern Homer, but many other mythological tales, comparing them with the historical events and natural phenomena that may have generated them. And I would also advise against skipping any steps thinking you already know the subject, because you risk losing the thread of the discussion, which is already quite intricate by its very nature."

You realize that all it takes is a simple change in one premise to make all the facts of the Homeric mystery fit together and make everything logical, linear, and rational. Who knows why...

Best regards

Alberto Majrani

Science Journalist

alberto.majrani@tiscali.it

Italian website: https://astutoomero.blogspot.com

English website: https://cunninghomer.blogspot.com/

Spanish website: https://ingeniosohomero.blogspot.com/

French website: https://homereruse.blogspot.com/

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Why "THE CUNNING HOMER"?

Who really killed the suitors? Was it Ulysses who make the slaughter, or did someone else help Telemachus? Who could truly be the mysterious stranger, who came to Ithaca after twenty years and nobody was able to recognize? A careful reading of the Odyssey reveals the myriad of indications left by Homer for the surprising solution. Ulysses was not ...Ulysses, but the best of the achean archers: Philoctetes! With this key, the Homeric poem has suddenly taken an unsuspectables logic and a consistency . And the surprises do not end here!
You can find many abstract of the italian book here http://astutoomero.blogspot.it/2016/05/parte-prima-chi-come-e-perche.html If you are a publisher, or a journalist, or simply interested, please contact me! alberto.majrani@tiscali.it

These articles are excerpt from the new book by Alberto Majrani entitled L'ASTUTO OMERO The CUNNING HOMER – Ulysses, Nobody, Philoctetes and the ingenious deception of the Odyssey

The first version of the book (in Italian) can be bought on Amazon.

The new book by Alberto Majrani is titled L'ASTUTO OMERO - "The CUNNING HOMER - Ulysses, Nobody, Philoctetes and the ingenious deception of the Odyssey" and solves ALL (or almost) the problems of the Homeric question and many more on the origin of mythologies. For now (march 2021) is available only in Italian as paper book (28 euro + shipping) and in ePub format, kindle azw3, or pdf. To request the complete ebook with 280 images and 428 pages of text, at the price of Euro 6,28, just send an email to alberto.majrani@tiscali.it . Publishers, journalists, University professors will have a FREE copy of ebook. Thank you.

More information on https://astutoomero.blogspot.com/ (in italian, but you can click on google translator and select INGLESE as language)

Il nuovo libro di Alberto Majrani si intitola "L'ASTUTO OMERO - Ulisse, Nessuno, Filottete e il geniale inganno dell'Odissea" e risolve TUTTI (o quasi) i problemi della questione omerica e molti altri sull'origine delle mitologie. Per ora (marzo 2021) è disponibile solo in italiano a 32 euro più le spese di spedizione e in formato epub, kindle azw3, o pdf. Per spedizioni in Italia il costo totale è solo di 28 euro. Per richiedere l'ebook completo, con 280 immagini e 428 pagine di testo, al prezzo di euro 6,28, basta inviare una mail ad alberto.majrani@tiscali.it . Editori, giornalisti, professori universitari riceveranno una copia gratuita. Grazie.

Altre informazioni su https://astutoomero.blogspot.com/

COMMENTS AND REVIEWS

a concise collection of opinions on this book, made by those who have been able to read the first edition or the new preview draft: Giulio Giorello (preface): “A well-found solution”. Cinzia Bearzot, Greek scholar, Catholic University of Milan: “Convincing, funny, very well written”. Fabio Negrino, archaeologist, University of Genoa: “Suggestive and well-argued hypotheses”. Franco Malerba, the first Italian astronaut: “I read with genuine curiosity the investigation Ulysses-Philoctetes which I found convincing.”. Lowell Edmunds, Professor of Classics at Rutgers University (USA): “Dear Alberto, your book seems to me extremely clever”. Benedetta Colella, teacher: “How much I laughed when Alberto Majrani revealed to me that he, a naturalist, had solved the thousand-year-old question! After reading his book, with all the intentions to crush him, my prejudices ran aground on the rocks of uncertainty. What if he's right?”. Anna Lucia D'Agata, archaeologist: "Interesting hermeneutic and narratological analysis" Cristiana Barandoni, archaeologist: “I read it in one breath and, what can I say, I am dazed! First of all for how you write, then the content was added to the form. And a reflection: literature and criticism, very abundant, often leave little room for new interpretations. But if we want to be "philosophers" we must admit not only that we do not know everything, but also that further interpretations may exist. Thesis and antithesis, this is the process towards knowledge. Reading your Homer, a series of reflections have been triggered that have never been considered before today”. Giovanna Albi, Greek scholar and literary critic: “It's brilliant”. Barbara Bubbi, science popularizer: “You have a fantastic sense of humor, which can also be perceived very well from your books. Yours is a treatise of extreme interest, and only good writers can explain complex topics in a simple and fun way ”. Giovanni Anzidei, Head of the Accademia dei Lincei press office: “A great book, and it must be said loudly!”. Guido Cossard, archaeoastronomer: “Extremely interesting theory, and very well argued”. Enrico Banfi, former Director of the Museum of Natural History in Milan: “I won't go into the merits of other issues, but the naturalistic part is perfect”. Giulia Benati, Director of the Milan Cathedral Museum: “In one word: beautiful”. Giulio Calegari, palethnologist-artist. “What would myth be if it were not possible to dig into it to find, as in the archaeological layers, always new truths? Dreams that only the past can suggest, to allow us to look further and further away, on that horizon where scientific truth and poetic truth coexist. Perhaps it is this elsewhere that Alberto Majrani tries to grasp. This is the power of the myth: opening up to infinite stories that one must know how to grasp with amazement and sensitivity. The ancient bards would thank you! ”. Paolo Colona, astronomer: “Some of Alberto's studies are examples of beautiful archaeoastronomic research. And then Majrani has a talent: he is the only one I know who is able to subvert accepted and shared knowledge, starting from details for all to see, without making mistakes, potentially getting it right; he proposes annoyingly irrefutable theories! ”. Emanuele Properzi, Scrittorevincente.com: “Majrani is proposing to the publishing world an extraordinary project for originality, ambition and solidity of contents”. Teodoro Georgiadis, CNR researcher: "I liked your book very much, your reading is really intelligent, very well constructed, it forces you to go much deeper, to look for correlations, and it does an important thing for the Greeks: it keeps the fundamental interest that must be had for this story of the human race ". Ettore Brocca, Mangialibri.com: "Thanks to a remarkable argumentative ability, the author wears the devil's advocates toga to support the thesis that it was not Ulysses who killed the suitors, but Philoctetes! And we are certainly not faced with a literary divertissement studded with vacuous opinions ”. Felice Vinci, author of The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales "Many books have been written that took their cue from mine, but 'the best' is yours!" Daniela Toschi, psychiatrist: “I had always been troubled, since school, by certain discordant notes; as well as certain forced psychoanalytic interpretations of the myth. This theory made me rediscover an even more fascinating Odyssey”. Librieletture.com: "A serious study that reveals surprising possibilities, like a thriller, really intriguing and very pleasant to read ". Giuseppe Zanetto, Greek scholar, State University of Milan: “Dear Dr. Majrani, thanks for the email and thanks for the pdf of the book, which I will read with pleasure (as I read the first version, which you sent me in paper form). The Odyssey is a wonderful book, which contains a thousand stories, a thousand scenarios, a thousand truth. In almost three thousand years it has offered material and inspiration to many people: poets, philosophers, mythographers, ceramographers, artists and intellectuals of all kinds. I too put myself in the group: I am guilty of a rewriting of the poem intended for young readers. But the most beautiful thing is that over the centuries the Odyssey has given each of us, its followers, joy, fun and a bit of legitimate pride: because we all found "our" truth within it, which all the others had missed. From Homerist to Homerist, I send you my warmest greetings”. Eleonora Cavallini, Greek scholar, University of Bologna: "You write very well, you have a strong sense of logic and you have certainly read the Homeric poems very carefully, and I like this". Raoul Manenti, zoologist, State University of Milan: “A shining example of how it is really important and stimulating to highlight with class and rigor the critical aspects of the most current and complicated scientific issues. This especially considering that sometimes we forget the aspects more related to the past. Really a very pleasant read thanks to the excellent literary style”. Emilio Spedicato, mathematician, University of Bergamo: "Brilliant, persuasive, and of exemplary clarity. A book that shows how genius still exists in Italy." Gianfranco Iacobone, Vice-President of the Accademia Marchigiana: "Among all, the Nordic-Baltic setting is the only one that, in my opinion, cannot be dismissed with irony: the history of myths is complex and intertwined, and nothing can exclude that ancient stories can be ‘flowed’ in the Mediterranean area, reworked and made their own " Giuseppe Girgenti, Professor of the History of Ancient Philosophy, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan: “Convincing thesis”.