Oldest known ‘Odyssey’ fragment on display in New York City

Christopher Nolan’s rendition of The Odyssey is arguably the movie of the summer. The cinematic masterpiece was filmed in IMAX and included a soaring score from an award-winning composer, but the original presentation of the epic poem in the ancient world would have been a much humble affair. Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally. Most scholars assume that the Iliad and the Odyssey were composed sometime between the eighth century a