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The Odyssey ()

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Season: 1 Year: 1997
Follows Odysseus on his wanderings back to Ithaca following the Trojan War.
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  • Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 26 nominations.
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  Odysseus (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Penelope (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Athena (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Circe (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Eurymachus (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Anticleia (2 episodes, 1997)
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  King Alcinous (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Eurycleia (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Tiresias (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Calypso (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Menelaus (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Perimedes (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Melanthe (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Eurybates (2 episodes, 1997)
Reid Asato ...
  Cyclops (2 episodes, 1997)
Mark Hill ...
  Orsilicus (2 episodes, 1997)
Pat Kelman ...
  Elatus (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Antinous (2 episodes, 1997)
Sally Plumb ...
  Queen Alcinous (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Polites (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Nausicaa (2 episodes, 1997)
Marius Combo ...
  Agelaus (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Elpener (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Anticlus (2 episodes, 1997)
Oded Levy ...
  Leocritus (2 episodes, 1997)
Peter Page ...
  Philotus (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Aeolus (2 episodes, 1997)
Alan Stenson ...
  Telemachus (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Antiphus (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Eumaeus (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Laocoon (2 episodes, 1997)
Michael Tezcan ...
  Eurylochos (2 episodes, 1997)
Richard Truett ...
  Achilles (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Agamemnon (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Mentor (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Hector (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Hermes (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Poseidon (2 episodes, 1997)
Alan Smithie ...
  Priam (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Aegyptius (2 episodes, 1997)
Josh Maguire ...
  Young Telemachus (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Young Villager (2 episodes, 1997)
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  Phonecian Sailor (uncredited) (unknown episodes)
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  Greek Juggler (uncredited) (unknown episodes)

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The warrior King Odysseus leaves his idyllic life in the kingdom of Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. After winning the war, he now must endure a lengthy, ten-year journey to return, and with all his wits, Odysseus must overcome deadly monsters, powerful forces of nature, seductive enchantresses, and even journey into the bowels of the Underworld.

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Also Known As
  • L'odissea (Italy)
  • Die Abenteuer des Odysseus (Germany)
  • L'odyssée (France)
  • La odisea (Spain)
  • Odysséen (Norway)
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  • 88 min
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Budget $40,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Odysseus' protector is the goddess Athena. He angers the god Poseidon. Athena and Poseidon are longtime rivals in mythology, having fought over the patronage of the city-state that would be known as Athens (so, clearly, Athena won that battle). See more »
Goofs Telemachus is going to Sparta to see Menelaus, but the palace shown has the symbols and the colours of the Minoan palace of Knossos, which was in Crete. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997). See more »
Quotes Athena: The gods cannot do for man what man must do for himself.
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