In this adaptation of Homer's timeless epic, Armand Assante stars as Odysseus, the warrior King of the mythical island of Ithaca, who must endure a decade long quest to reach home after the Trojan war, overcoming savage monsters, powerful forces of nature, and seductive nymphs, and he must outsmart them all, with all the guile and intellect he can muster.
StatusEnded
TypeMiniseries
Original LanguageEnglish
Network
Miniseries of The Odyssey premiered on May 18, 1997
Armand Assante
Odysseus
Greta Scacchi
Penelope
Isabella Rossellini
Athena
Bernadette Peters
Circe
Eric Roberts
Eurymachus
Irene Papas
Anticleia
Jeroen Krabbé
King Alcinous
Geraldine Chaplin
Eurycleia
Christopher Lee
Tiresias
Vanessa Williams
Calypso
Nicholas Clay
Menelaus
Adoni Anastassopoulos
Perimedes
Paloma Baeza
Melanthe
Ron Cook
Eurybates
Reid Asato
Cyclops
Josh Maguire
Young Telemachus
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Polites
Miles Anderson
Poseidon
Pat Kelman
Elatus