Which Odyssey should you experience?

Homer’s poem has been retold for 2,800 years, and no two retellings agree on what it’s about: cunning, trauma, marriage, or who gets to tell the story. No single version is the right one. But one of them is right for you tonight.

The quiz is a short sea voyage, island to island, that ends with a recommendation: the translation, film, novel, album, or game you should pick up next. Maybe you loved Christopher Nolan’s 2026 film and want more. Maybe you can’t decide between the Wilson and Fagles translations. Either way, the boat leaves from here.

Set sail — take the quiz →

Or browse every Odyssey

If quizzes aren’t your thing, browse instead: 17 adaptations across reading, watching, listening, and playing.

• The Emily Wilson Translation (2017)

  Tell me about a complicated man.

• The Robert Fagles Translation (1996)

  The man of twists and turns.

• The Robert Fitzgerald Translation (1961)

  Skilled in all ways of contending.

• The Richmond Lattimore Translation (1965)

  The man of many ways.

• Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026)

  The seat is shaking. This is the event.

• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

  Damn! We’re in a tight spot!

• The Return (2024)

  The homecoming, stripped of every monster and god.

• The Odyssey — NBC Miniseries (1997)

  The whole journey, earnestly told.

• EPIC: The Musical

  The gateway drug: two hours of songs, free everywhere.

• Circe — Madeline Miller

  The witch gets the mic.

• The Penelopiad — Margaret Atwood

  Short, furious, and the maids finally speak.

• Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters — Rick Riordan

  I’m literally twelve.

• Ithaca — Claire North

  Penelope’s suitor years as a political thriller.

• Ulysses — James Joyce

  The boss fight.

• Cold Mountain — Charles Frazier

  A nostos in Civil War gray.

• The Odyssey — Gareth Hinds (graphic novel)

  The whole epic, painted.

• Hades / Hades II — Supergiant Games

  Greek myth you live in, one run at a time.

Start with the big questions

Which Odyssey translation should you read? compares Wilson, Fagles, Fitzgerald, and Lattimore, opening lines included.
What to read after the 2026 Odyssey film is the on-ramp from the theater.
All the Odysseys is the full browsable grid.