Emily Wilson
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214 appearances
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1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 12 Jul
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He has no sense of how can I grow up to be a man?
How can I attain glory for myself?
The poem is both about the journey of his father back home to reclaim his glory, but also of the son's journey to manhood, which is arguably a not fully complete journey because Odysseus comes back and then Odysseus is the man.
Right, right.
Athena is a warrior goddess who's also associated with strategy and craft.
And she's the daughter of Zeus, born straight from his head.
So she favors the patriarchy and does not favor women characters.
Another god that we should cite is Poseidon, who's in the Odyssey.
It's Athena versus Poseidon.
It's the goddess who builds ships versus the god who makes the storms at sea.
Poseidon is furious because Odysseus blinds his son, Polyphemus the Cyclops, and curses the journey home.
I'm pumped.
I think it's going to be exciting.
I mean, it's going to be exciting that so many people who may have thought, oh, ancient literature is boring, oh, it's not for me, oh, it's too inaccessible, are then going to realize, actually, this is a really compelling story.
And some proportion of the people who go to the movie will then turn back to the original poem, which I think is great.
I love that.
I mean, I don't think he was Christopher Nolan's first pick.
He wouldn't have been my first pick, but I think he'll do a great job.
If he can do talented Mr. Ripley, then he could do Odysseus.
There you go.
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