I found the "Mapping Utopia" article to be very interesting. I never thought about the Odyssey like that; so I gained some perspective. If you didn't read the article, it's about how Homer wrote the epic intending to map out the best possible society for Odysseus to create upon his return to Ithaka. All of the adventures he goes on, the people and societies he encounters are supposed to be representative of all different possible ways a society could run. The last place he lands, the land of the Phaiacians, is the 'utopia' Homer wanted us to see, according to the author. I liked her interpretation of the Homer's Odyssey.