As the epic poem tells us, the Trojan War kept King Odysseus of Ithaca away from his wife, Queen Penelope, for 20 years. He has spent the first 10 of those years fighting the war, and another 10 o ...

A sequence of reunions occupies the epic’s second half. Odysseus meets his son, a mother figure – an enslaved nurse named Eurycleia – his wife Penelope and his father, Laertes. In each case he lies to ...

A key scene where Odysseus and Penelope finally reunite is emotionally powerful, showcasing the ache of absence and war. From Troy to O Brother, Where Art Thou? to even The SpongeBob SquarePants ...

The Return, directed by Uberto Pasolini, with Ralph Fiennes (Odysseus), Juliette Binoche (Penelope), Charlie Plummer (Telemachus), Marwan Kenzari (Antinous), Claudio Santamaria (Eumaeus).