![]() ![]() Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) He himself wasn’t so lucky, however, and as Eric Clapton’s rock supergroup put it: “How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing / For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.”ģ. Odysseus only managed to elude them by filling his sailors’ ears with wax. This free-loving musical odyssey is a direct reference to one of the most famous episodes of Odysseus’ epic journey, in which a band of sweetly singing monsters-the Sirens-almost manage to lure Odysseus and his men to untimely deaths. Ever the bedevilment of college professors and literature students alike, Joyce once remarked that he had “put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant.”Ģ. While a novel of such domestic leanings may not seem-at first glance-to have anything to do with The Odyssey, each of Ulysses’ 18 parts draw direct thematic connections between Odysseus’ epic journey and Leopold’s everyday one. This modernist novel follows Leopold Bloom of Dublin as he goes about the minutia of an ordinary day-June 16, 1904, to be exact. No discussion of artistic works inspired by The Odyssey can begin without mentioning James Joyce’s masterwork. In celebration of Parks’ new classic, we’ve gathered together a list of works that also share drinking water with Odysseus’ daring journey. It’s a big thing that people latch onto and think I’m doing a retelling of The Odyssey. So you get bits and pieces and shards and shrapnel of a lot of things. In a recent interview about Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), which plays the Mark Taper Forum through May 15, 2016, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks explained that while the play is not a retelling of The Odyssey, Homer’s tale nonetheless came to influence the work: Over 2,500 years after it was written (or spoken), The Odyssey continues to shape a sizable portion of Western arts culture-so much so that even the stories it has inspired are inspiring contemporary artists. Homer’s Odyssey, the story of Trojan War hero Odysseus’ journey from the battlefield to his home and family is one such masterpiece. Some great stories not only stand the test of time but go on to inspire great art for generations to come. Meet the Education & Community Partnerships Team. ![]()
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