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Why The Odyssey is still worth reading

Odysseus threatens Circe, 1635. Creator: Jacob Jordaens I. | Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is about to surf the wine-dark sea into theaters everywhere, and between its star-studded cast and ecstatic early reviews, it’s likely to be a blockbuster. Readers are taking note. According to Circana Bookscan, unit sales across all editions of The Odyssey are up 76 percent year-to-date. This 2,800-year-old poem has never been hotter. So if you’ve never read The Odyssey — or you skimmed it in the 10th grade and haven’t thought about it since — i...