The Odyssey

★ 7.2•1997•1 Seasons•ANIME

Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

Top Cast

Armand Assante

Odysseus

Greta Scacchi

Penelope

Isabella Rossellini

Athena

Bernadette Peters

Circe

Eric Roberts

Eurymachus

Irene Papas

Anticleia

Jeroen Krabbé

King Alcinous

Geraldine Chaplin

Eurycleia

Vanessa Williams

Calypso

Christopher Lee

Tiresias

Nicholas Clay

Menelaus

Adoni Anastassopoulos

Perimedes

Paloma Baeza

Melanthe

Ron Cook

Eurybates

Reid Asato

Cyclops

Episodes

Season:

1. Part 1

88m

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!

Aired: 5/18/1997