In recent years, the online right has contested adaptations of epic in order to make an argument about masculinity. The Odyssey is their latest target.
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August 8, 2026
In recent years, the online right has contested adaptations of epic in order to make an argument about masculinity. The Odyssey is their latest target.
Still from The Odyssey.(Universal Pictures)
Editorial: The universal themes addressed by one of humanity’s greatest storytellers more than merit Hollywood box-office…
Scheming Odysseus may have been the first modern man with a self-directing mental life while other archaic heroes blindly obeyed…
As Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster fuels debate over its departures from Homer, a Greek literature scholar explains the missing…
If you smooth out Homer’s epic poem and modernise it too much, you lose what made it so important to begin with
Nolan’s film confronts the betrayal of the West’s own values.
Lupita Nyong'o calls Homer's The Odyssey sexist, but the ancient epic's women tell a far different story.
Homer Is Having a Resurgence—but Not in Higher Ed (opinion)
