Nolan's 'Odyssey' Makes Homer and the Classics Hot Again

It is hard to think of a recent film that has excited as much interest. “The Odyssey” made $264.1 million in its opening weekend and an ancient Greek hero replaced Trump as the most talked-about person on social media. London’s Waterloo Imax, where I was lucky enough to see it, is booked until the middle of September. It is even harder to think of a film that has done as much to boost the cause of education. The British have bought more than 40,000 copies of Homer’s text since shortly before the