The Odyssey

The long way home, told through cunning and endurance. Homer’s The Odyssey and classroom ideas that turn an ancient journey into a story students want to follow.

Watercolor of an ancient Greek ship sailing toward a full moon over a moonlit sea — teaching Nolan's The Odyssey in the classroom.
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Teaching Nolan’s The Odyssey: Not Whether to Show It, but Why

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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey — one of the most talked-about releases of the year — takes enormous liberties with Homer, so does it belong in a serious unit on the poem? The real question, I think, isn’t whether to show it, but why. Here’s the case for what this beautiful, unfaithful film can do in the classroom.

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