All the Odysseys
17 adaptations across four mediums, and every one of them is somebody’s favorite. (A couple of hidden doors aren’t listed here. The site rewards the observant, like the epic does.)
Read
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.
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.
Watch
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.