From the story of King Odysseus to the ensemble cast, here's everything we know about Christopher Nolan's magnum opus, The Odyssey!

On a cold, sunny afternoon in March, novelist Madeline Miller wandered through the Greek and Roman galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, swooning over ancient amphoras and ethereal statues of gods and goddesses. On a cold, sunny afternoon in March ...

Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron's place in the ever-expanding cast for Christopher Nolan's upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey has reportedly been confirmed, and it's a perfect role for the celebrated actress. On the heels of his acclaimed historical ...

Our December pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club Now Read This is “Circe” by Madeline Miller. Become a member of the book club by joining our Facebook group, or by signing up to our newsletter. Learn more about the book club here.

"Later, years later, I would hear a song made of our meeting," says the hero of Madeleine Miller's Circe, of her romance with the mortal Odysseus. Circe is referring to Homer's version of the story, in which Odysseus arrives on her island sea-battered and ...

Although they were written nearly three thousand years, ago sometime during the late 8th century, modern readers still reach for Homer's epic poems about the Trojan war and the heroes who fought in it. Read and translated countless times in countries all ...

For readers who enjoyed “A Song Achilles,” there’s much to relish in Madeline Miller’s second novel, a retelling, in part, of “The Odyssey” from Circe’s perspective. The feisty and resilient witch goddess proves that even those most ...