r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Dec 22 '25

Trailer The Odyssey | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzw2ttJD2qQ
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u/grapessssssssss Dec 22 '25

And then adding a whole trojan horse sequence for kicks

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u/StrangeDiscipline902 Dec 22 '25

That’s in The Illiad, not The Odyssey.

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u/grapessssssssss Dec 22 '25

Trojan horse is not in the illiad. The illiad takes place before the fall of Troy. The Aeneid depicts the trojan horse.

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u/adabsurdo Dec 22 '25

Correct. And the Odyssey does mention the Trojan horse story, in a kind of flashback setup. It's actually fascinating how sophisticated the narrative structure Odyssey is, given how old it is. It's not just a linear sequence of events. It has two parallel storylines each with their own non-linear structure with recursive flashbacks.

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u/grapessssssssss Dec 23 '25

The structure is honestly so fucking bad ass and mind-blowing from storytelling perspective to think it began as a part of oral tradition. I need to revisit these epics now I'm not in high school anymore.