What Madeline Miller has said about The Odyssey (2026 film)
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 12, 2026
Madeline Miller, American novelist and classics teacher, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles, has been quoted on The Odyssey (2026 film) once in 1 episode of The Daily, most recently on July 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Miller says she expects to want more of the women's stories in any Odyssey adaptation, as they usually function only to help or obstruct.
“so many of the women are just kept as these sort of mysterious figures who come in and help or obstruct”
The Daily: What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything. (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 48:46
Episodes
What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything.The Daily · Jul 12, 2026 · 51 min
Natalie Kitroeff talks with translator Emily Wilson and novelist Madeline Miller about the Odyssey ahead of Christopher Nolan's film adaptation.
Others on The Odyssey (2026 film)
- Emily Wilson · 3 quotes
- Sean Fennessey · 2 quotes
- Dominic Sandbrook · 2 quotes
- Christopher Nolan · 2 quotes
- Tom Holland · 2 quotes
- Chris Ryan · 1 quote
- Matt Damon · 1 quote
Madeline Miller on other topics
- Literary translation · 2 quotes
- Penelope · 2 quotes
- Telemachus · 1 quote
- Odysseus · 1 quote
- Circe (novel) · 1 quote