Topic
The Odyssey
Homer's ancient Greek epic about Odysseus's long return home from the Trojan War.
Culture
Vincent Oshana says Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has no Greek actors in major roles
The PBD Podcast liked Nolan's Homer epic, but Oshana couldn't get past the weirdest casting detail: a Greek story with almost no Greek presence.
Culture
Alex Petkas says The Odyssey is about the collapse of the patriarchy and how violence restores it
The Cost of Glory host reads Homer less as a travel adventure than as a bloody manual for putting a household, and a civilization, back in order.