Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Still Faces One Big Objection From Homer Purists

The Odyssey may have opened to stellar reviews from critics and audiences alike, but Christopher Nolan‘s take on the epic poem has not received a flawless reception from everyone. Academics

Is “The Odyssey” based on a true story? The history behind Homer’s legendary epic

Christopher Nolan’s latest film has sparked debated over “historical accuracy,” but just how much of Homer’s classic epic was based on fact in the first place?

'The Odyssey' movie ending makes this major change from Homer's book

Christopher Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" is very faithful to Homer's poem until the third act. Here are the huge ways the book and film differ.

Beyond “The Odyssey”: 10 books, movies, and even a musical inspired by Homer’s epic

The ancient Greek epic has been adapted numerous times and in various media since it was first committed to writing almost 3,000 years ago. Homer's poem wasn't the original version of the classic hero's journey,
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Before ‘The Iliad,’ Did Homer Write the World’s First Comedy?

Anybody who writes, directs, or consumes any form of entertainment owes a debt of gratitude to Homer. Had the ancient poet not written two of the best—and earliest—epic dramas in Western history, the Iliad and the Odyssey, who knows where our culture ...

Ryan Zeferjahn shakes off homer, gets third save

Despite giving up a solo homer to Riley Greene, Ryan Zeferjahn recorded his third save Sunday against the Tigers.

We took Homer experts to see ‘The Odyssey.’ What did they think?

As experts on Homer — who may have been a person or persons, but is really just the name ascribed to the storytelling tradition that preserved “The Illiad” and “The Odyssey” — they’d been a little confounded over complaints of non-authenticity sparked by the trailers. Take Agamemnon’s modern Batman-esque armor for instance.
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10 Best Homer Quotes from 'The Simpsons', Ranked

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many screenings as he can, Liam is always watching new movies and ...
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The Melville of American Painting

This kind of flag-waving is no longer fashionable, or even comfortable, in an art world striving to be global and in a country where arguments over what counts as “real America” become nastier by the day. So it is not surprising that “Crosscurrents ...

To Sell Homer’s ‘Odyssey,’ Publishers, Like Its Hero, Get Crafty

The market for the epic poem is as crowded as a certain Ithacan palace, and publishers have had to get crafty to attract readers to their editions.