The Odyssey
Warrior Odysseus leaves his idyllic life in the kingdom of Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. Following victory, he now must endure a lengthy, decade-long return journey, and with all his wits, overcome deadly monsters, powerful forces of nature, seductive enchantresses, and even journey into the bowels of the Underworld.
First Aired
1997-05-18
Status
Ended
Network
NBC
Seasons
Season 1 Episodes
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E1. Part 1
This lavish small-screen adaptation of Homer's ancient epic--replete with exotic Maltese and Turkish locations, state-of-the-art special effects, and many bronzed muscles gleaming with sweat--chronicles the voyage home of a Trojan hero, Odysseus King of Ithaca, and includes many more scenes of his faithful, beautiful wife Penelope dodging leering suitors at home than Homer ever composed!
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E2. Part 2
The thrilling conclusion to The Odessey. Will Odysseus make it back to reclaim his throne and his beautiful wife, Penelope?
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Cast
Armand Assante
Odysseus
Greta Scacchi
Penelope
Geraldine Chaplin
Eurycleia
Isabella Rossellini
Athena
Eric Roberts
Eurymachus
Bernadette Peters
Circe
Jeroen KrabbΓ©
Alcinous
Irene Papas
Anticlea
Christopher Lee
Tiresias
Vanessa Williams
Calypso
Michael J. Pollard
Aeolus
Ron Cook
Eurybates
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