Homer’s The Odyssey isn’t just an ancient story—it ... Hermes arrives with Zeus’s command, and Calypso, heartbroken, agrees to let him go. Odysseus builds a raft and sets out, only ...

Circe in The Odyssey is one of Greek mythology’s most ... maintaining it without interference from Zeus or any other Olympian. In simple terms, she was special—an extraordinary character ...

Telemachus (Odysseus’ son), Penelope (Odysseus’ wife), Athena, Circe, Poseidon and Zeus are all major characters. Historians and scholars date “The Odyssey” to sometime between 750-650 BC.

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"The Odyssey" stars Matt Damon as the hero Odysseus ... They defeat witches and sea monsters, and anger Zeus and Poseidon. But Odysseus has Athena on his side, trying to help him get home.

Some more photos from the set of Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey have been doing the ... Unfortunately, we don't have any shots of the monster himself, but we'll be sure to update ...