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This animated wonder being called "The Fall of Troy and The Adventures of Odysseus"

forgive me the movie being published is in Greek but it was originally a Lithuanian production which was released as a four part mini-series but then re-arranged to a full on one and a half hour movie.

It is extremely compound and no it doesn't follow the Odyssey order but rather goes in chronological order. But still it managed to give us almost everything the Odyssey stood for! For example it starts with the amazing shot of the text of Homer and also Homer himself appears to tell the story!

And colors! Man I love these colors! You have amazing depictions of Ithaca

and Troy

The Ithaca family!

Menelaus and Helen!!!!!!

Vailed women!!!!

And the ships man!!!!!!

And yes it took many liberties in some parts for instance he made Athena always present at the trip of Odysseus which is of course inaccurate and for instance kept the bed recognition scene after the recognition with Laertes and the riots at Ithaca but man did it include almost everything minus the Telemacheia!

Ismarus

Lotus Eaters

Polyphemus

Aeolus Isle

Laestrygonians

Circe

Nekya

Sirens

Scylla and Charybdis

Cattle of Helios Hyperion

Calypso (and her nymphs!)

No I seriously love how they made Calypso's cave to be honest!

Leucothea

And finally the Phaeakes

So yeah obviously it was kept generally kid friendly so we do not have the bedding or rape implications and all and the cattle scene could be done better and all but it actually shows how some liberties or changes can pass without making something atrocious! No seriously I love this movie and it is one of my favorite adaptations ever!

Of course I miss the mycenaean aesthetic and all but still it was done so well! Also the idea of making Odysseus change his appearance to beggar with a dionysian mask was such a great detail!

The way Homer is depicted like living in Elysium though hahaha or Olympus even! Because yes! He deserves the hall of heroes and legends!

Also is so interesting that each God has a color palette hehe Athena has that golden color of course and finally someone did justice to her gorgoneion as well as her luscious dresses! I mean...look at that beauty!

She also pulled the card to Zeus like "help him and I promise I will be the best and obedient daughter" haha I can't believe the Greek dub brought up such a greatly realistic argument hahaha

And Odysseus at Ogygia 😭😭😭

Beautiful Olympus!

But also the way Calypso takes care of him...ngl it looks sweet! If only it hadn't ended the way it did!

I did enjoy the dialog between them even if it was well to put it simply sanitized because well it is a cartoon that is also addressed to kids. Essentially it summarizes imo the whole homeric text of "he no longer liked the nymph".

Essentially in that clip goes like this

"Odysseus why do you wish to abandon me? Don't you know how much I love you?"

"I know, Calypso. I can't thank you enough for saving my life. You feed me and take care of me and you love me. I know that"

"I can offer you eternal youth. I can make you immortal if you stay with me and love me"

"Calypso you are one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. You treated me better than any other woman. But I must tell you that I miss my wife and my son I must go back to them"

What I find interesting is that he is aware of her feelings and he recognizes them and at that stage he trusts her enough to be open about his feelings and all and how grateful he is to her. But I find the hint at Calypso's words that says "if you love me" so essentially she knows he doesn't love her. And the next piece of dialog she says is also proof of that

"I am a goddess, you know. Which means that I can free you. But I won't do it! I can't live without you"

"And then...what are you thinking of doing?"

"I will keep you here in our island. I will be taking care of you. You will have anything you want, anything but I won't let you go"

Poor man!

Michael Cacoyannis: Hold my beer!

More proof and reference!

Christos Tsagas my beloved ♥️ ❤️ 💖 💓 💕 💗

Christos Tsagas my beloved!!!! ♥️ You truly were the one!!!!

Hiding in the shade to hear everything

Walking alone in the shadows, constantly thinking:

Being among the soldiers, watching:

Staying close to the events and to the central priest:

Being in deep thought or having second thoughts:

And man that stance man! That stance!

you gotta tell when a dude KNOWS how to bring Odysseus to life! Even that "I support one leg on a higher rock because looks cool" hahaha the dude KNEW Odysseus you cannot tell me otherwise! I love you Christos! I miss you man! ♥️

First off he removes his hat in respect of the space he is in but above all at the presence of Calchas (a priest);

And then comes the prophecy;

He has stopped himself from reading the text. He looks at Agamemnon in terror and then he is looking towards Calchas with a

"You can't be serious!"

look on his face. He is horrified, confused, shocked. He probably never in his life would have expected a human sacrifice to be demanded by the gods that he knew usually do not demand such a thing! His attitude shifts later not only because of how he sees social energy shift around him but also because yeah

"Fine...gods demanded it, gods will have it! What we think is irrelevant!"

He is a people-person in one way. He is a great estimate of public opinion and yes he WILL use it so the gods will get the redemptory sacrifice and yes he WILL enjoy the love of the crowd too but above all he will get his duty done and give gods what they want! And you STILL can see his own understanding to those who suffer!

One day ppl will understand that Greek heroes weren’t supervillains but complex human beings who are representations of the best and worst of humanity and that they aren’t remembered bc they were ‘heroic’ in a modern sense and that the Ancient Greeks rarely actually whitewashed their heroes actions but instead used them to tell fables and tragedies.

That time Neo threw the infant down the tower.

That time Neo used the same infant's body to beat the shit out of his Grandpa.

Also

(I have spokend, the gods have spokend, the classicists have spokend)

(let us all take this a lesson about "if you something you don't like or agree with, don't engage", because than you look like a bunch assholes like these guys)

Is this accurate?

Besides the fact that Achilles should have died before the sacking of Troy... Kinda?

Early depictions of the death of the blond Achilles show him shot in the chest and the leg, with the heel shot seemingly a distraction... So this is more accurate than expected!

Perseus: Darling, love, my ray of sunshine. You know i love you but, what the fuck?

Source:

Romano-Egyptian Gold Chain Necklace with Emeralds and Amethyst, 3rd Century AD