Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the talk of the town, and so is his Helen, Lupita Nyong'o, as armchair classicists argue that Helen of Troy was definitely not Black.

Lupita Nyong'o calls Homer's The Odyssey sexist, but the ancient epic's women tell a far different story.

Why are women given a bigger role in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” than they were in Homer’s epic?

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the talk of the town, and so is his Helen, Lupita Nyong'o, as armchair classicists argue that Helen of Troy was definitely not Black.

Isn’t it odd that the original epic, written about 3,000 years ago, should have stronger, more easily forgiven women than a modern retelling?

Why the controversy over Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' is little more than a tragic, irritating distraction.

Controversy has centred largely on casting, but it also reflects broader debates on who gets to retell this epic story.

Right-wing critics previously took issue with the casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy