The Odyssey still centres on Odysseus, played by Matt Damon, and his long road home after the Trojan War. But, the women around him are no longer just furniture.

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

“Men used to go to war.” Christopher Nolan’s retelling of Homer’s Odyssey agrees, but also dares to ask, "And for what?"

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

From the daily newsletter: does Christopher Nolan’s new epic match the hype?