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Was There Ever an Original Version of ‘The Odyssey,’ and Do We Need to Worry About What Homer Would Think?

The earliest surviving fragments of the epic poem—the subject of Christopher Nolan's latest Hollywood blockbuster—date back more than 2,000 years. But oral storytelling about a hero named Odysseus is

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.
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Someone scratched Homer’s Odyssey into a brick 1,800 years ago

Nearly 1,800 years ago, someone in the Olympia region picked up a stylus and began scratching poetry into a still-unfired wall brick. The writer chose 13 lines from Book 14 of Homer’s Odyssey. By that point,

The Biggest Changes ‘The Odyssey’ Movie Made to the Original Poem

Yes, the original poem gets even darker (and hornier) than the movie.

Is 'The Odyssey' still in IMAX this weekend? One Florida theater has it

Director Christopher Nolan recommends seeing 'The Odyssey' in 70mm IMAX. Here is where to find the only showings in Florida

Musk Suggests He’ll Make His Own ‘Odyssey’ With Grok—Latest In Crusade Against Nolan Film

Elon Musk, the loudest critic of “The Odyssey,” suggested in a post on X he would make his own adaptation of Homer’s epic poem using Grok technology.

IMAX CEO describes 'frenzy' after Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' shatters records

IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond calls Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' movie premiere a 'frenzy' after the action epic raked in over $124 million in ticket sales on its box office debut weekend.