The Trojan War, a mythic clash between Greeks and Troy over Helen, has shaped literature and theatre for millennia. Nolan’s Odyssey highlights reinterpretations.
Hundreds attend the Prometheia Festival near Dion to celebrate ancient Greek deities, with participants adopting antiquity-inspired names and staging torch-lit ceremonies, reflecting a revived cultural heritage.
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey has sparked global discourse as Hollywood’s latest epic. With a $250m IMAX shoot, Lupita Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway and Tom Holland headline a human-centered retelling of Homer’s tale, focusing on Odysseus, Penelope, and Telemachus as they navigate re-emergence, loyalty and home.
Christopher Nolan has drawn on past films to shape The Odyssey, using textures from Tarkovsky, Kurosawa, and Scorsese as inspiration. He credits Oppenheimer’s success with enabling a wholly IMAX-scale production. The Odyssey follows Odysseus home after Troy, with Penelope and Telemachus in supportive, parallel arcs.