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Matt Damon attends Universal Pictures "The Odyssey" premiere on July 11, 2026, in Mumbai, India. (Aalok Soni/Getty Images for Universal Pictures/TNS)

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July 21, 2026

The cultural odyssey of ‘The Odyssey’

By JOHN RASH The Minnesota Star Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS (TNS) — “The Odyssey” is on its own odyssey. The epic poem from ancient Greece abo...

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