Nolan’s Odyssey: Epic or Disaster? His Biggest Gamble Yet
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey has landed in cinemas and the debate is already out of control. Classics scholars are furious, critics are divided, and audiences…
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Nolan’s Odyssey: The Achilles Myth That Cuts Both Ways
A viral social media exchange about Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film “The Odyssey” has resurfaced a detail from Greek mythology that’s now fueling debate on…
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Ancient Shipwreck Off Andros Had 600 Amphorae Sitting 40 Meters Down
Greek archaeologists have discovered an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Andros island, with its cargo of roughly 600 to 650 commercial amphorae still…
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Nolan’s Odyssey Pulls $87M in Week 2, Beats The Dark Knight
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is showing no signs of slowing down. The film pulled in $87 million in its second weekend at the North American box office…
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Mitsotakis Calls Nolan to Thank Him for Filming the Odyssey in Greece
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called Christopher Nolan on Monday to personally congratulate him on bringing Homer’s Odyssey to the big screen. The…
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Turkish Tourist Calls Greek Monument in British Museum “Stolen From Our Cities”
A Turkish woman visiting the British Museum went viral this week after filming herself in front of the Nereid Monument, a 4th-century BC Greek funerary…
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Mount Olympus Joins UNESCO World Heritage List
Mount Olympus was officially inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday, with the decision made unanimously at the 48th World Heritage Committee…
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Emily Wilson: “I Would Be Ashamed to Have Written Any Part of Nolan’s Odyssey”
Emily Wilson, the classics professor whose 2017 translation of the Odyssey Christopher Nolan cited as an early influence on his film, has published a…
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A 2,500-Year-Old Cypriot Coin Just Turned Up on an Israeli Beach
A rare ancient Cypriot silver coin dating to the mid-5th century BC was found last month on a beach in Ashdod, Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority…
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Greek Scientist Katerina Harvati Wins the Albert Einstein World Award of Science
Greek paleoanthropologist Katerina Harvati has been named the 2026 recipient of the Albert Einstein World Award of Science, one of the most prestigious…
