Odysseus in America (2002)
“He can smell roasting beef even before he sights the ship. He scolds and upbraids his crew, but the damage is done. The god’s sacred cattle lie dead next to the roasting pit. The cuts of meat sizzling on the spit moo spooky reproaches at them all.
Meanwhile on Mount Olympus, the sun god rants and threatens Zeus with cosmic consequences if he doesn’t take action. A week later, Zeus quiets the winds that pin Odysseus and his crew to the shore. Like a shot, the men get the boat launched, rigged, a...nd out to sea toward home.
Once they’re beyond sight of land, Zeus maked the good on his promise to the sun god and build a giant thunderhead above the ship. The squall hits, shredding the sail and rigging, toppling the mast, then blasting the hull with a giant thunderbolt. Everyone who is not killed outright is drowned in the waves—except for Odysseus. He improvises a life raft from the mast and keel, hanging on till the squall passes. But a powerful wind springs up blowing him back, back—to the narrows between Scylla and Charybdis!MoreLess
Meanwhile on Mount Olympus, the sun god rants and threatens Zeus with cosmic consequences if he doesn’t take action. A week later, Zeus quiets the winds that pin Odysseus and his crew to the shore. Like a shot, the men get the boat launched, rigged, a...nd out to sea toward home.
Once they’re beyond sight of land, Zeus maked the good on his promise to the sun god and build a giant thunderhead above the ship. The squall hits, shredding the sail and rigging, toppling the mast, then blasting the hull with a giant thunderbolt. Everyone who is not killed outright is drowned in the waves—except for Odysseus. He improvises a life raft from the mast and keel, hanging on till the squall passes. But a powerful wind springs up blowing him back, back—to the narrows between Scylla and Charybdis!MoreLess
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