Homer

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Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros) is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the central works of Greek literature When he lived is controversial. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before Herodotus' own time, which would place him at around 850 BC; while other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the Trojan War, in the early 12th Century BC. For modern ...

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey

2026

Original Story

Writing

An adaptation of Homer's epic poem of the same name, follow Odysseus in his perilous journey home after the Trojan War, showcasing his encounters with...

Calypso

Calypso

2025

Story

Writing

A nurse keeps a patient in a coma, but one day his wife and son visit him.

The Milwaukyssey

The Milwaukyssey

2025

Original Story

Writing

On his five year anniversary with his girlfriend, a young anxious man, O’Gideon O'God O'Flanagan, wakes up on the lakefront disoriented and confused. ...

The Return

The Return

2024

Author

6.5

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has chan...

Calypso

Calypso

2019

Writer

6.0
Writing

When a modern Ulysses, struggling with PTSD, wakes up without memory in a post-apocalyptic desert, an alleged Calypso tries to help him uncover the tr...

Troy

Troy

2004

Author, Poem

7.2

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leav...

The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

2002

Story

9.5
Writing

Claudio Monteverdi's operatic adaptation of this story from Homer's The Odyssey receives a modern and distinctive staging in this 2002 production dire...

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000

Original Story

7.3
Writing

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses

The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses

1998

Original Story

5.0
Writing

This new story of Ulysses and the sex-filled affairs while he was away has everything to tantalize the senses. From hot sex with nymphs in the fields,...

Ulysses' Gaze

Ulysses' Gaze

1995

Original Story

7.4
Writing

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

Achilles

Achilles

1995

Book

5.6

With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War.

Nostos: The Return

Nostos: The Return

1990

Poem, Original Story

7.2
Writing

At the end of the war, Odysseus, the wandering hero, with his companions begins his sail back home to the Mediterranean. The conclusion of his adventu...

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

1987

Poem

7.5

After the Trojan War a legendary hero Odysseus makes his valiant voyage at sea, trying to reach the shores of his beloved home. While he and his crew ...

Uliisses

Uliisses

1982

Poem

4.2

Director Werner Nekes has created this experimental film in the mode of James Joyce's Ulysses to the extent that human interactions are represented by...

The Voyage of Odysseus

The Voyage of Odysseus

1982

Original Story

Writing

The voyage section of Homer's classic tale is retold by the voice of a muse, actor Julie Harris, who recalls the essence of the adventure. A remarkabl...

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

1980

Original Story

Writing

Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Stag...

Traveling Companions

Traveling Companions

1978

Original Story

7.0
Writing

The Story of Oddyseus and the Sirens placed in the countryside of France. Oddyseus is a trucker and his Penelope runs a café.

Příběhy Odysseovy

1974

Writer

Writing
Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy

1956

Original Story

6.3
Writing

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by t...

Ulysses

Ulysses

1954

Story

6.5
Writing

A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.

Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy

1924

Story

5.9
Writing

Helena is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Edy Darclea, Vladimir Gajdarov and Albert Steinrück. The film was based...

L'Odissea

L'Odissea

1911

Story

7.3
Writing

Film adaptation of Homer's 'The Odyssey.'

The Return of Ulysses

1909

Original Story

5.5
Writing

When Troy has fallen and Ulysses sets sail for home, his ships are driven to different lands, where his adventures are numerous, keeping him away from...

Achilles Returns

Achilles Returns

N/A

Characters

After many years, with help of Thetis and negotiations between Zeus and Hades, an aged Achilles is released from the Underworld into a modern world.