Homer on drugs

Drugs in The Odyssey are typically foreign, female-facilitated, and a potential threat to male identity and virtue. But not always.

Calypso and Odysseys from the TV mini-series of The Odyssey

It’s officially the Summer of Homer, with Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey making a fortune at the box office and sparking off an intense discussion about all things Homeric - is the film too woke, as Elon Musk has claimed? Is it trashy, as Odyssey translator Emily Wilso…