Swanson -- Have We Advanced Since Homer?
Have We Advanced Since Homer? Leave a Comment / July 27, 2026 By David Swanson, Progressive Hub , July 27, 2026 I have no opinion on the casting or the acting or the straying from the original in the new Hollywood Odyssey . Here come some spoilers on what I do have an opinion on. Christopher Nolan and whoever else had a role in this production obviously tried to improve on ancient morality in a particular way and not in another. That is, Nolan de-glorified war. In this movie, we’re told that the Greeks were lied into the Trojan War for economic reasons. The warriors were forced into the war through threats to their families and towns. The war was boring and wasteful. Then it was horrific, evil, and traumatizing. Then it tore down the rule of law and spread fear and insecurity across the world. Odysseus, in this film, took so long getting home because he was recovering from the moral guilt, horror, trauma, and grief of war. He met dead people who upbraided him for having lied to them a...
