In this week’s blog post, Dr. Sarah E. Cole uses the mythological character to reveal Greek attitudes towards magic and social order in the ancient world.
Tag Archives: Odyssey
Blog #129: The Real Monsters of the Odyssey? The Sea Peoples and the “Age of Bronze” with Megan Daniels
In our penultimate instalment of our Halloween Series, Dr. Megan Daniels takes us deeper into the realities behind Nolan’s shadowy references to the Sea People, the historical reality behind these groups, and how Nolan’s Odysseus can be a lesson for us all.
Blog #128: Conversations with Dead People in the Odysseys of Homer and Christopher Nolan with Brett M. Rogers
In this week’s instalment of our Halloween Series, Dr. Brett M. Rogers explores the ways in which conversations with the dead are treated in Homer’s epic poem versus their treatment in Nolan’s 2026 film, the Odyssey.
Blog #127: A Most Monstrous Woman: Circe in the Odyssey with Liv Albert
Our Halloween month blog series continues this week with a discussion of Circe by Liv Albert, host of the popular podcast Let’s Talk about Myths, Baby! Follow along, as Liv recounts the unique role of Circe within the Odyssey.
Blog Post #126: The Cyclops in Homer’s Odyssey and Beyond with Mercedes Aguirre and Richard Buxton
In this week’s instalment of our Halloween Series on the “scary things” in the Odyssey, we hear from Drs. Mercedes Aguirre and Richard Buxton and their work on the Cyclops in the ancient and modern imaginary.
Blog Post #125: The Odyssey: Necromancy, Seers and the Underworld with Daniel Ogden
This week with kick off our Halloween month series, focusing on the Odyssey, with a post by Prof. Daniel Ogden, Professor of Ancient History in the University of Exeter. Here he explores the eleventh book of the Odyssey, known as the Nekyia or the ‘Book of the Dead’, and the role of ghosts and necromancy in this text.
