His cinematic adaptation of “The Odyssey” has become one of the year’s biggest box office successes, but its impact is extending far beyond the silver screen. Across Europe and North America, audiences are turning to Homer’s original epic in growing numbers, fueling renewed interest in Greek literature, mythology, history, and language.

Christopher Nolan’s film has made the Odyssey a bestselling book again, but a slew of new poets are breaking sales records, and have more in common with the ancient Greek than you…

More than 2,500 years after Homer’s epic was first told, Christopher Nolan's blockbuster retelling of The Odyssey has brought the journey back to big screens worldwide. But,…