There's no doubt that Christopher Nolan's take on The Odyssey film comes with its dose of testosterone and gore, but that's not all the famous Greek poem is about. In amongst the blood and battles, there's a surprising amount of modernity, especially when you look at all the women.
In my days at Oxford University, we spent plenty of time picking apart this epic poem, looking at references to it in some far flung and surprising places classic novels, from Margaret Attwood and James Joyce through to your beach reads (yes, it's still even relevant to the Love Island storyline).
