Trojan War
noun
: a 10-year war between the Greeks and Trojans brought on by the abduction of Helen by Paris and ended with the destruction of Troy
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Pattinson, 40, portrays Antinous, the leader of a group of men on Odysseus and Telemachus' home island Ithaca who seek to wed Odysseus' wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) years after Odysseus left the island to fight in the mythical Trojan War.
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Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
Damon plays Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, and the story chronicles his long and perilous return home after the Trojan War.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 May 2026
The Odyssey is slated to premiere on July 17, 2026, and is an adaptation of Homer’s epic poem about Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his perilous journey home after the Trojan War.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 May 2026
Along the way, the poets encounter the likes of Cleopatra and the various antagonists of the Trojan War — Achilles, Helen of Troy and Paris — in the second circle where those who fell under the sin of lust end up.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 May 2026
The Trojan War was the foundational story of the Greeks, who are the foundational thinkers of the West, and the Gospels are the foundational moral ethos of the West.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
The short answer is that nobody knows if any of it—the Trojan War and Odysseus’s subsequent meandering homeward journey—was real.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
The adaptation of the Homeric classic casts Matt Damon as Odysseus, the legendary Greek warrior embarking on a dangerous way home after the Trojan War to once again see his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Tom Holland).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
In it, Matt Damon stars as Odysseus, a king who embarks on a long and dangerous journey following the Trojan War.
—Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
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Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
Damon plays Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, and the story chronicles his long and perilous return home after the Trojan War.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 May 2026
The Odyssey is slated to premiere on July 17, 2026, and is an adaptation of Homer’s epic poem about Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his perilous journey home after the Trojan War.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 May 2026
Along the way, the poets encounter the likes of Cleopatra and the various antagonists of the Trojan War — Achilles, Helen of Troy and Paris — in the second circle where those who fell under the sin of lust end up.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 May 2026
The Trojan War was the foundational story of the Greeks, who are the foundational thinkers of the West, and the Gospels are the foundational moral ethos of the West.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
The short answer is that nobody knows if any of it—the Trojan War and Odysseus’s subsequent meandering homeward journey—was real.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
The adaptation of the Homeric classic casts Matt Damon as Odysseus, the legendary Greek warrior embarking on a dangerous way home after the Trojan War to once again see his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Tom Holland).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
In it, Matt Damon stars as Odysseus, a king who embarks on a long and dangerous journey following the Trojan War.
—Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
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