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You’re gearing up to see Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, but you haven’t read the Homeric work. Or you read it so long ago that it feels like you’ve never read it at all. No worries. Above, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, the hosts of The Rest Is History podcast, take you through the major plot lines of the Odyssey, unpacking the literary and historical meaning of the epic’s different tales. It’s a good primer—just what you need to get ready for one of the bigger cinema releases this year. Enjoy!
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This content originally appeared on Open Culture and was authored by OC
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