A friend loves meeting new people, but hates standard-issue small-talk. The usual ice-breaker question — “So what do you do for work?” — he finds terribly reductive, as if our jobs should define our ...

Very little has changed in the 2,700 years since Homer composed his epic. Like Odysseus, we long for home, make mistakes and grieve the time we’ve lost. “The Odyssey” begins with a line asking the ...

Before diving into the hype for The Odyssey, check out the 1997 miniseries of the same name from NBC that hits all the major beats of the Homer poem.

Christopher Nolan will film scenes for The Odyssey on the Sicilian island where Homer’s Greek hero Odysseus came ashore. View ...

While Odysseus and Achilles fought for the same cause, they embody two different approaches to ancient Greek heroism.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosted a Lunar New Year party at the only Mandarin-service chapel in ...

We know the cast of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, but not their roles. These are our best guesses at who will play who in ...

Iowa City's Riverside Theatre is entering the final week of performances for their run of The Cure at Troy, a play featuring ...

Nearly 2,500 years after it was originally staged, this modern twist on Ajax reminds us soldiers continue to experience violence in the ranks.

This week at The Tryon Theatre is “The Return,” a riveting adaptation of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, one of the most ...

In the Odyssey, the Phaeacians had special ships. They were self-driving, being able to propel and steer themselves through ...