The Odyssey: Myth on Film

Superhero Ethics by TruStory FM

Sep 8, 202654:19TV & Film

Would you cheer for a hero who tricks a Cyclops but never sleeps with a witch? Classics professor Adam Kemezis joins Matthew Fox to dig into how Christopher Nolan's Odyssey reshapes Homer's most cunning warrior for a mod...

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