Courtesy of Wave Of Change Malta. Slowly but surely, Neil Agius is swimming further and further. After representing his country of Malta in the 400m freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Agius completed a 38 km circumnavigation swim around Gozo in 10 hours in 2010. In 2018, he completed a 70 km circumnavigation swim around Malta in 21 hours 52
Was Odysseus A True Marathon Swimmer? Courtesy of WOWSA, Gozo. Was Odysseus among the first mythical character to be a marathon swimmer? According to Homer’s famous epic story Odyssey, Odysseus was sailing from Thrinacia to Ogygia when his ship was struck by a thunderbolt and all his men were killed except him. He survived by swimming to Ogygia and
Was Odysseus A True Marathon Swimmer? Painting shows of Athena Revealing Ithaca to Ulysses (Odysseus) by Giuseppe Bottani (18th century). Was Odysseus among the first mythical character to be a marathon swimmer? According to Homer’s famous epic story Odyssey, Odysseus was sailing from Thrinacia to Ogygia when his ship was struck by a thunderbolt and all
