For months, criticisms of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of “The Odyssey” have been brewing.

For months, criticisms of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of “The Odyssey” have been brewing. Nolan’s multiracial cast appears to reflect the Oscars’ diversity requirements rather than how Greeks looked at the time. None of the principal characters were played by a Greek, and the only Greek-descended actor played a minor role. Odysseus’s son called him “Dad.” A rapper with visible tattoos did spoken word in an opening scene. Even the progressive translator of Homer’s The Odyssey sa...