‘The Odyssey’ and the End of the World

This article contains spoilers, about the end of the movie and about the end of time. The first may ruin your surprise; the latter may save your soul. The following is not a movie review or retelling of the epic, but rather an exploration of how the climactic scene of Homer’s epic tale anticipates the surprising end of all history in the real-life return of Christ. What resonates in one epic will actually come to pass in the other.In the new motion-picture version of The Odyssey, one of the most