Best TV Shows Guide: Why The Odyssey Still Matters

The Odyssey (1997) — an evergreen reference for this TV series: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, UP Faith & Family Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, UP Faith & Family Amazon Channel . Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Armand Assante as Odysseus; Greta Scacchi as Penelope; Isabella Rossellini as Athena; Bernadette Peters as Circe; Eric Roberts as Eurymachus; Irene Papas as Anticleia; Jeroen Krabbé as King Alcinous; Geraldine Chaplin as Eurycleia

About The Odyssey

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.

More like The Odyssey

• Jason and the Argonauts
• Atlantis
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians
• Battlestar Galactica
• Masters of the Universe: Revolution
• The Winchesters
• Nautilus
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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