and a nice hot cup of Jo

“Apparently, there is a joke that Odysseus makes with the Cyclops,” Stewart said. “He was very upset that was not in the movie.”

“I understand,” Nolan said. “It’s a pun. Puns in translation are tough. I tried. It was not possible to work in it.”

So here’s the joke.

(This contains very minor spoilers from the Cyclops scene for those who haven’t read the original text.)

In Homer’s version, the clever Odysseus (Matt Damon in the film) encounters the murderous Cyclops in his cave. Odysseus first tells the creature his name is “Nobody” (Outis in Greek). Later, when Odysseus drives a stake into the Cyclops’ eye, the creature screams for help and other Cyclops come running. Asked who is attacking him, the Cyclops cries that “Nobody” is doing it — so the others misunderstand him and leave. Like with the Trojan Horse, giving a fake name was a trick that pays off later.