Adapting Homer's The Odyssey is a massive undertaking ... This spurred adaptations including the ambitious like Helen of Troy (1956), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), and Medea (1969).
Decades ago, Helen of Troy (1956), The Trojan Women (1971), and The Odyssey (1997) similarly tried — and failed — to do justice to the Homeric figures. Troy (2004) with Brad Pitt, Eric Bana ...