Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ boosts sales of mythology tales 電影《奧德賽》帶動希臘神話文學作品熱銷

Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ boosts sales of mythology tales 電影《奧德賽》帶動希臘神話文學作品熱銷

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” has not only lured legions of fans to cinemas, but sparked huge interest in the UK in Homer’s epic poem and other Greek and Roman mythology works. Some involved in Classics academia hope the blockbuster’s box office success and wider cultural impact wi

Xenophon's March of the Ten Thousand: The Real Odyssey

The blockbuster success of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has led to a massive spike in demand for Homer’s original text. At one Brooklyn book store visited by a Guardian reporter, more than a dozen different editions of the Odyssey were on prominent display. Over the last month, a staffer said, sales had multiplied “several thousand per cent.”I fear many of these new readers will come away disappointed, as the ruthless 2,800-year-old version o…