Tootfinder

"There have been plenty of other criticisms from keyboard warriors concerned about a lack of historical accuracy in a film adaptation of an entirely fictional myth. Having a PhD in classics means I agree with them that Corinthian helmets aren’t historically accurate to the film’s bronze age setting; having a sense of proportion and an understanding of artistic licence means I don’t really care."

The right hates The Odyssey because of its ‘wokeness’ – but it missed an even bigger threat to its worldview
The new film extols the value of a rules-based world order. That’s far more radical than any casting decision says Labour MP and classicist Peter Swallow

Did Odysseus Cause the Bronze Age Collapse? (Nathangoldwag/Goldwag's Journal on Civilization)
https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/did-odysseus-cause-the-bronze-age-collapse/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260728/p155#a260728p155

“So often we have assigned the sex of an ancient skeleton partly on the basis of our own assumptions about sex and gender roles—if it is buried with a sword, it’s male; with a necklace, it’s female. DNA analysis can help us correct those assumptions and think harder about the roles of men and women in the deep past—and perhaps also about in our own world too.”
Archaeologists Thought This Famous Bronze Age Shaman Was a Guy. Well, She Wasn't
https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-thought-this-famous-bronze-age-shaman-was-a-guy-well-she-wasnt-2000789963