The debate around Christopher Nolan’s version of “The Odyssey,” an excellent supplement on Odysseus in Kathimerini’s Greek edition on July 19, and the great number of people discussing their personal response to Homer, tempt me to say a few words about my own connection with the poet and his work.

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

In Homer's epic, Odysseus is a cunning strategist who returns to Ithaca disguised as a beggar to spy on the greedy suitors occupying his palace.