When Will You Be Home From Troy — Penelope Asks
“So, if you had to guess, roughly when do you think you will be home from Troy.” Penelope asking Odysseus the question everyone knew would...
Mythology
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The Wine Dark Sea — A Homeric Prophecy
Jared Pechacek: Dreamed the audience went wild shouting “THE WINE DARK SEA!” Erin Risch Zoutendam: “Going to see The Odyssey today. If the sea is...
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Mycenaean or Achaean — Reddit Odyssey Cosplay
“Guess which Greek epic Im in. A lot of people say I look Mycenaean or Achaean.” Homemade cardboard hoplite helmet. The Odyssey casting process in...
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Odysseus Crew Cartoon
A New Yorker-style cartoon of Odysseus and his crew. The Trojan War was just the beginning of their problems.
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Kazantzakis 33,333-Line Sequel to The Odyssey
Aaron Gwyn: ‘Nikos Kazantzakis published a 33,333-line sequel to The Odyssey in 1938. Its kind of incredible, but Ive only met two people whove read...
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The Odyssey — Real Life vs Filter
Real life vs filter. Top: what the marketing team wants you to see. Bottom: what you actually get in Nolan’s desaturated IMAX.
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Homer Intended the Audiobook
Lachlan Phillips: “Reading The Odyssey as Homer intended.” George Saoulidis: “Homer intended that you listen to the audiobook.” The Odyssey was an oral tradition. Homer...
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Shooting the Arrow Through the Axes — Every Odyssey Imagines It Differently
Paul MuadDib: ‘Detail I love in every iteration of The Odyssey is shooting the arrow through the axes. It is such a nebulously described task...
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Nolan Should Have Sung the Odyssey — Sarcasm
Jack Grimes: “Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a movie with cameras instead of memorizing the entire...
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Ben Affleck as Achilles — Wicked Smaht
My boy Odysseus here, hes wicked smaht. Ben Affleck as Achilles in the AI version of Troy.
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Diane Kruger as Helen of Troy — Troy 2004
Helen of Troy — daughter of Zeus and Leda. The most beautiful woman in the world. The face that launched a thousand ships. Diane Kruger...
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Mentor — The Origin of the Word in the Odyssey
John Coffee Hays: ‘Here is Telemachus’ mentor. He is named, uh, Mentor. BRAVO NOLAN.’ Stone Age Muse: ‘That character is the origin of the word.’...