The Odyssey

Overview

In this adaptation of Homer's timeless epic, Armand Assante stars as Odysseus, the warrior King of the mythical island of Ithaca, who must endure a decade long quest to reach home after the Trojan war, overcoming savage monsters, powerful forces of nature, and seductive nymphs, and he must outsmart them all, with all the guile and intellect he can muster.

Seasons

Miniseries

2 episodes

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