Odysseus: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The sovereign Greek island of Ithaca, 8th century B.C. The Trojan War has been over for ten years, and the Greeks have come home victorious. Only one man is missing: the king of Ithaca, Odysseus, who is lost at sea. The island's economy is getting worse by the day as the region's many princes have invaded the kingdom, devouring its resources, and pressuring Queen Penelope to choose a new husband. To delay her suitors, she promises to choose once she's finished weaving King Laertes' burial shroud. But she undoes her work every night. Odysseus' son Telemachus doesn't dare lay claim to his father's throne. His only dream is to sail out to rescue Odysseus. Everything accelerates when a travelling musician awakens Penelope's buried feelings. Who will become King? The manipulator Leocrites? The true heir Telemachus? Or the seductive traveller Eukharistos? Or will Odysseus make...

Series details

• Title: Odysseus
• Format: Scripted
• Language: French
• Genres: Drama, Adventure, History
• Premiere date: 2013-06-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-07-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ARTE
• Network country: France
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8335
• IMDb ID: tt2141869
• TVDB ID: 269245

Cast and credited roles

• Niels Schneider — Télémaque
• Alessio Boni — Ulysse
• Caterina Murino — Pénélope
• Amr Waked — Eukharistos
• Ugo Venel — Liodès
• Frédéric Quiring — Thyoscos
• Augustin Legrand — Antinoos
• Salim Kechiouche — Orion
• Vittoria Scognamiglio — Eurynomé
• Joseph Malerba — Mentor
• Bruno Todeschini — Leocrite
• Karina Testa — Clea

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-06-13; final listed air date 2013-07-11; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

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