Homer’s Odysseus is complicated and playful — a man who has suffered, and is changed. Pasolini’s Odysseus squints, and occasionally flexes.
Joel Christensen
Joel Christensen (he/his) is Professor of Classical and early Mediterranean Studies at Brandeis University where he also serves as Senior Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs. Joel has published The Many-Minded Man: The Odyssey, Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic (2020) with Cornell University Press and is looking forward to Storylife: On Epic, Language, and Living Things coming out with Yale in January 2025.