Do the events of the Odyssey actually take place in the Baltic Sea in Scandinavia rather than the Mediterranean as commonly believed?

For millennia, the epic poems of Homer have profoundly shaped Western literature and thought with their timeless tales of heroism, gods and the enduring human spirit. While The Iliad plunges us into the raw intensity of the Trojan War’s final weeks,

The Odyssey's teaser trailer offers some very tantalizing clues about Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's immortal epic. Starring Matt Damon as Odysseus and charting his long quest to return from the beaches of a sacked Troy to his family on Ithica,

As with most of the locations in the Odyssey, there are lots of theories about Ogygia’s location. One of the most popular theories is that it was Gozo, the second largest island in the Maltese archipelago. This is popular, in part, because Homer’s description suggests that it was a remote island.

Tom Holland has expressed his admiration for Christopher Nolan's upcoming film, The Odyssey, calling it 'the job of a lifetime'.

Ancient Greek and Roman stories in all their modern retellings and Hollywood adaptations remain powerful guides to our political systems and personal lives