The Odyssey(1997)
Overview
In this adaptation of Homer's timeless epic, Armand Assante stars as Odysseus, the warrior King of the mythical island of Ithaca, who must endure a decade long quest to reach home after the Trojan war, overcoming savage monsters, powerful forces of nature, and seductive nymphs, and he must outsmart them all, with all the guile and intellect he can muster.
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Odysseus
Penelope
Athena
Circe
Eurymachus
Anticleia
King Alcinous
Eurycleia
Tiresias
Calypso
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