Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”

The release of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” has sparked a huge increase in the number of people wanting to read Homer’s heroic epic, one of the greatest works of ancient Greek literature, and learn the Greek language. Some, however, are not particularly pleased with the film adaptation…

Beyond reading habits, the release of Nolan’s film has also sparked interest in learning Greek.

According to Google Trends (via Preply and the Times), there has been a dramatic 5,000% increase in searches for the phrase “learn Greek” over the past two weeks.

“Homer’s Odyssey was written in Ancient Greek, which differs significantly from the language spoken in Greece today,” Ancient Greek offers the opportunity to get closer to Homer’s original text and the broader classical world, while Modern Greek can help people connect with contemporary Greek culture and communicate with today’s speakers,” she added.

Ιτ is a moment to breathe and be moved during what at times feels like a mandatory journey from point A to point B and point C, all the way to Hades and back,”