Some guys ponder the Roman Empire. I prefer to think about what Achilles meant when he encountered Odysseus in the underworld and told him he’d rather have lived a slave than died a hero.

We hear of his encounter with the savage one-eyed Polyphemus, who Odysseus blinds with a sharpened log set on fire. He meets the sea witch Circe and visits his dead mother in the underworld.

No-one is lost for all time. Held captive by the nymph Calypso, Odysseus has all but given up hope of ever returning home. Back on Ithaca, her son Telemachus plots a rescue, and high above on Mount ...

Written by Chris Bush, with music composed by Jim Fortune and directed by Emily Lim,The Underworld is the fifth ... dancing and feeling our way through Odysseus' journey.” ...

All were noticeably having a ball. Sharon Duncan-Brewster probably never grew up with the burning ambition of playing Odysseus, yet here she was, dreads flying, voice belting it out as if she was ...

It’s a brief prequel; the play covers Odysseus’s seven-year stay with, and eventual escape from, the enchantress Calypso, and subsequent eerie descent into the underworld. Pro-Odysseus Athena ...

“The Odyssey” has got its hero. Matt Damon will play Odysseus in Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming epic “The Odyssey.” He will appear alongside an expansive cast including Tom ...

Following months of rumors, Universal officially released the first image of Damon playing Odysseus, the protagonist of Homer’s epic poem. Fresh off his Best Picture win for “Oppenheimer ...

The hero of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has been revealed. Matt Damon is set to star as Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and titular hero of Homer's epic poem. Universal Pictures ...