Pourquoi (encore) lire l'Odyssée ?

Why is Homer's Odyssey still so modern? 🏛️📜 Odysseus, the Sirens, the Cyclops... We all know these names. But beyond the myth, why do we continue, 2800 years later, to read and reread this foundational text? In this video, we delve into the secrets of Homer's work to understand what it truly reveals about us, our journeys, and our relationship to the world, even if it displeases those who cling to identity politics... On the agenda: 00:00 Intro 04:12 The Odyssey, the Iliad, Homer 08:32 Rich, timeless, influential 14:28 Critiques of Nolan's trailers 15:18 Myth = history? 18:29 Transforming a myth? 22:20 The Greek legacy = the West? 31:08 Bonus The Odyssey isn't some dusty old poem; it's one of humanity's first great narratives that still resonates with us today. Tell me in the comments: What's your favorite passage from the Odyssey? --- Script proofread by @LaProf, @averoeshistoire, and @LesOubliées (check out their channels!!!) First installment on the Iliad with my friend @Dynamythes:    • L'ILIADE 1/3 : LA CHUTE DE TROIE - ft. L'A...   Herodot'cast #2 from @CollectifHérodote:    • Marc Bloch : un historien-soldat au Panthé...   The Myth of Rome: Why the She-Wolf and Fratricide?    • Le Mythe de Rome : pourquoi la louve et le...   The Hidden History Behind Fantasy: An Overview:    • L'Histoire cachée derrière la Fantasy : Un...   The Viking Attack on Paris - Episode I:    • Attaque Viking! Paris 885 - I. Les Carolin...   Representing Living Beings in Islam: Is it Possible? by @averoeshistoire:    • Représenter les êtres vivants en Islam : P...   Prestige Silverware in Central Asia (continued) (4) - Frantz Grenet (2021-2022) on @Histoire-Archeologie-CdF:    • L’argenterie de prestige en Asie centrale ...   How Buddhism Became a World Religion by @TruellelaVie:    • Comment le bouddhisme est devenu une relig...   The Myth of the Horned Vikings: The Historical Truth:    • Le Mythe des Vikings Cornus : La Vérité Hi...   And check out https://remacle.org/! It's a goldmine for Greco-Latin texts! --- Thanks to Alexis Seydoux for his audio cameo! --- Music used: Dreaming Blue by Sextile Syncopated Swing by Kairo Vibe Six Seasons by Unicorn Heads Your Suggestions by Unicorn Heads Upside Down by Text Me Records Space Coast by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena Through The Gates Of Hell by Blue Deer Studio Doxent by Arcane Dreamy Flashback by Kevin MacLeod Excerpts used: Gladiator, directed in 2000 by Ridley Scott Troy, directed in 2004 by Wolfgang Petersen The Odyssey, directed in 2026 by Christopher Nolan The Odyssey, directed in 1968 by Franco Rossi Izmir Turkey (Türkiye) Walking Tour (4k Ultra HD 60 fps) - With Captions, published in 2024 on the BookingHunterTV YouTube channel (   • Izmir, Turkey (Türkiye) Walking Tour (4k U...  ) Ο αρχαιολογικός χώρος των Μυκηνών από ψηλά - Ancient Mycenae, published in 2016 drone video on the YouTube channel Fab Drone (   • Ο αρχαιολογικός χώρος των Μυκηνών από ψηλά...  ) Ulysses, directed in 1954 by Mario Camerini The Wrath of Achilles, directed in 1962 by Mario Girolami Star Wars Episode IV, directed in 1977 by George Lucas The Lord of the Rings I, II & III, directed by Peter Jackson 2001, 2002, and 2003 O Brother, Where Art Thou?, directed in 2000 by Ethan and Joel Coen Ulysses 31, a series created between 1981 and 1982 by Bernard Deyriès and Tadao Nagahama Kaamelott: First Installment, directed in 2021 by Alexandre Astier Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, directed in 2001 by Chris Columbus Black Athena in Nolan's next film? Published on October 5, 2025, on the Christopher Lannes channel Bibliography: LE GUEN, Brigitte (ed.), D’ERCOLE, Maria Cecilia, ZURBACH, Julien, Birth of Greece, from Minos to Solon. 3200 to 510 BC, Belin, Coll. Ancient Worlds, 2019 FOUCART Stéphane, Did the Trojan War take place? Vuibert Bookstore, 2014. CLINE Eric H., 1177 BC: The Day Civilization Collapsed, La Découverte, 2015. POURSAT Jean-Claude, Pre-Classical Greece, Seuil, 1995. BURKERT Walter, Greek Religion in the Archaic and Classical Periods, A. et J. Picard, 2010. SOLNON Jean-François, The Turban and the Stambouline: The Ottoman Empire and Europe, Clashes and Fascinations, Perrin, 2009. KOLOVOU Georgia E., “Eustathius of Thessalonica’s Proem on the Odyssey: Translating an Independent and Continuous Commentary on the Epic into French,” Babel, 35 | 2017, 287–301. Daniel Yvan, “Against All Odds: Victor Hugo, Emulating Homer in Toilers of the Sea.” Violence and the Sea in the Atlantic World, edited by Mickaël Augeron and Mathias Tranchant, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4000/books.pur.19583 #Mythology #History #Odyssey #Homer #Ulysses