Helen of Troystirs screens again: Nolan reshapes her myth for The Odyssey, prompting fresh scrutiny of the legendary figure and her role in epic history.
The Odyssey has been adapted by Christopher Nolan with major departures from Homer. Athena appears as Odysseus’s conscience, Nausicaa and the Phaeacians are omitted, the gods recede, and a new ending highlights Odysseus’s trauma and memory. Critics are weighing the implications for character, myth and the epic’s moral frame.