Beyond Troy: The Real Strategic Battle Behind Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’

In Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey,’ the Fall of Troy Is a Warning to Us All

Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' sends a message about the costs of war in its depiction of the fall of Troy and its aftermath.

Beyond Troy: The real strategic battle behind Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’

The Trojan war of Homer’s epics is heavily mythologized. But it is set in a world of seafaring and sea passages that the ancient Greeks knew intimately well.

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" Finds the Monster Within Its Hero

Tell me about a complicated man, Muse, tell me how he wandered and was lost, when he had wrecked the holy town of Troy… Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey isn’t merely a spectacular adaptation of Homer’s epic—it’s a story about a man trying to survive the consequences of the lie that won a war. Nolan’s real subject is the notion of xenia, also known as Zeus’s Law, the ancient Greek custom of hospitality that enabled civilizations to rise and sustai…

In Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ Some Men Just Want to Watch Troy Burn

‘Oppenheimer’ with swords and sandals? 'Inception' in crested helms? A spectacular blockbuster revisits its director's favorite themes.