If you’ve never read the 2,800-year-old epic (or only skimmed it in high school), here’s how to get into it.

If you’ve never read the 2,800-year-old epic (or only skimmed it in high school), here’s how to get into it.

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…