Coincidence or not, Nolan's decision to use an American accent in The Odyssey allows us to see ourselves in a story about reckoning with the atrocities of war and the collapse of a society brought about by a lack of basic decency.

The Most Anachronistic Part of ‘The Odyssey’ Makes Total Sense, ActuallyIn Christopher Nolan's epic saga, the Ancient Greeks sound like Americans. So what?www.contrariannews.org