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The Real Odysseus: The Man Behind Nolan’s The Odyssey: Joel Christensen
If you’re going to see Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, or you’ve already seen it, there’s a much bigger story behind the film.
In this conversation I talk to Dr. Joel Christensen, Professor of Classics at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and author of the book ' Why Odysseus?Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti) Hero.' We talk about the ancient Odysseus, the brilliant strategist, liar, trickster, survivor and deeply complicated hero at the centre of Homer’s Odyssey.
Nolan’s film brings this ancient story to a modern audience, but Homer’s Odysseus is very different from a…
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