Lupita Nyong’o Under Fire — Calling Homer a Misogynist Backfires

"Absolute stupidity and cultural ignorance: The Odyssey star Lupita Nyong’o comes under fire for calling out Greek poet Homer over misogyny."

News headline, July 7, 2026.

After her interview comments about Homer not spending enough time on female perspectives, the backlash was swift. As one commentator put it: ‘Helen, Athena, Penelope, Circe, Calypso, Cassandra, the Sirens, Nausicaa, Andromache, Hecuba, Aphrodite, Hera, and Thetis would like a word.’

2,700 years of literary history don’t change because someone didn’t read the full text.