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The music in Nolan’s Odyssey is as well-crafted – and bloodlessly forgettable – as the film itself

Ludwig Göransson’s meticulous score uses instruments of the era to create an earthy, raw and bleak soundscape, but it merely supports the portrayal of an uncomplicated hero

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Homer’s Odysseus was never a perfect hero. Christopher Nolan’s film understands this

Homer’s The Odyssey has long been held up as a powerful example of “the hero’s journey” – a narrative structure that has dominated storytelling for millennia.

The Conversation

What do scholars really think of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey?

It’s all Greek to them

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Homer’s Odyssey transformed in film and in translation

Letters: Alex Dickie on Uberto Pasolini’s 2024 film, Darryl Accone on differing translations of the Greek original, and Roberto Breña on the excitement around Christopher Nolan’s new version

The Guardian - UK

Friday essay: I’ve been reading The Odyssey my whole life. Nolan’s film version is exhilarating – but not perfect

I first read The Odyssey during the summer holidays when I was 15 years old. Parked under the shade of the mulberry tree in our Brisbane backyard, I would read, grab a few mulberries, then read some more, my fingers sometimes staining the pages dark purple. It was a secondhand…

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A voyage of discovery: an idiot’s guide to reading The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of the ancient Greek epic has sparked a new appetite for an old classic. Here are the translations, podcasts and audiobooks that make the Homeric world more approachable

The Guardian - UK

‘More postmodern than ancient’: why the Odyssey is everywhere, from Oz to Westeros

Christopher Nolan’s take on the Odyssey is set to break box-office records. What made the director so determined to adapt the ancient Greek epic? And why does a poem from 600BC hold a vice-like grip on pop culture?

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The Guardian view on Homer: The Odyssey is more modern than we might like to think

Editorial: The universal themes addressed by one of humanity’s greatest storytellers more than merit Hollywood box-office treatment

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‘If you see one movie this year’: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey set to storm the box office

The summer’s most anticipated film will raise epic questions about culture wars, classics and the nature of film-making

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Zendaya Posed With Copies Of Dune And The Odyssey At Bookstore, And Fans Are Geeking Out Over A Key Detail

She knows good books when she sees them!

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Crossing the Wine Dark Sea by Emily Wilson review – a masterclass in translation

The polarising translator of the Odyssey and the Iliad sets out her philosophy in this fascinating collection

The Guardian - UK

MAGA Influencer Calls ICE Killing 'Justified' During Heated Trump Deportation Debate

A MAGA influencer sparked backlash after defending the ICE killing of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti as 'justified' during a heated debate over Donald Trump's deportation plans.

International Business Times UK

Revealed: Lavish MAGA-influencer Qatar trip that has Trump ally Laura Loomer in a rage

“Are we now going to see coordinated posts from these individuals telling us ‘Qatar is our number one Ally,’” Loomer questioned.

The Independent UK

Madeleine Thien: ‘I ran in blizzards and -20C – all I wanted was to listen to Middlemarch’

The Canadian author on mountain running to George Eliot, powerful reminders from Omar El Akkad and the translation that brought Homer’s Iliad to life

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Epic win: why the Odyssey is having a moment

With new translations, a film starring Ralph Fiennes and a Christopher Nolan blockbuster on the way, Homer’s saga about a soldier’s return from battle speaks to our times in unexpected ways

The Conversation

The Return: how each new retelling of The Odyssey opens up the worlds of the women in this epic

Waves crash across Ithaca’s rocky shore. “The city of Troy has fallen,” we are told, as the shuttle on Penelope’s loom flickers across the screen. “On the island of Ithaca, Queen Penelope still longs for the return of her husband Odysseus.” The camera then cuts to the wreckage of a…

The Guardian - UK

‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey

The actor and director on why The Return took 30 years to make, their joy at persuading Juliette Binoche to join them – and the punishing regime that earned Fiennes his battle-scarred physique

The Guardian - UK

‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology

Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by ancient classics, from The Hunger Games to a Santana hit

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Conservative Influencer Says Slavery Should Be Reinstated 'If Everyone In the State Wants It': 'What Do I Give a S--t'

A conservative Los Angeles-based influencer stated that legislative issues should be left up to individual states to be decided: including whether or not slavery is enacted.

The Guardian - UK

Hades II’s audacious, invigorating spin on Greek myth makes it worth playing right now

Developer Supergiant Games has released its hotly anticipated sequel to 2020’s Hades in an early-access, unfinished state – but its powers are already godlike

Al Jazeera

One-star ratings and threats: Review-bombing targets firms amid Gaza war

Businesses in the US are reporting fiery online backlash to Palestinian products and messages about the war in Gaza.

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in October

Authors and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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‘The Iliad may be ancient – but it’s not far away’: Emily Wilson on Homer’s blood-soaked epic

Following her acclaimed translation of the Odyssey, Wilson has turned to Homer’s other, darker poem. She explains how she got stuck for six months – and why it speaks to today’s era of conflict

The Independent UK

King and Queen meet their match in eight-year-olds Charles and Camilla

The primary school children, wearing hand-made crowns, were waiting to see the royal couple outside St Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh.

The Guardian - UK

Crazy, embarrassing, sad – but funny: how I finally embraced my X Factor humiliation

I spent 10 years burying the shame of being a failed contestant on the US version of the show. Then a 15-year-old helped me see it differently, says comedian Emily Wilson

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