Mr. Mendelsohn, the author of “An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic,” recently published a new translation of the ...

The world of The Odyssey straddles fact and fantasy. Some locations, like Ithaca and Pylos, were real Greek kingdoms. Others—the land of the Lotus-Eaters, the Cyclops’s island, the Underworld ...

Greek mythology contains at least two distinct stories about the origin of the Celts, connecting them to famous mythological ...

The Odyssey: The Return of Odysseus" recounts the tale of Odysseus's long journey home after the Trojan War, highlighting key events such as the cunning escape from the Cyclops and the trials he ...

Humor plays a role in mellowing villainous characters beyond the suitors in “The Odyssey.” The cyclops Polyphemus is a buffonish but sympathetic oaf, and the witch Circe (Kate Hamill ...

An overly curious photographer has leaked important images from the set of ‘The Odyssey ... such as the Cyclops Polyphemus, the sorceress Circe, the Sirens, and the god Poseidon, who is ...