A viral social media exchange about Christopher Nolan's upcoming film "The Odyssey" has resurfaced a detail from Greek m...

A viral social media exchange about Christopher Nolan's upcoming film "The Odyssey" has resurfaced a detail from Greek mythology that's now fueling debate on both sides of the casting argument. Elliott Page, who is transgender, has been cast as Achilles, and the film has faced significant backlash online, with its comment section reportedly restricted after being flooded with negative reactions. One viral post pointed out that in Greek mythology, Achilles spent years living disguised as a young woman named Pyrrha on the island of Skyros, hidden there by his mother Thetis who knew a prophecy that he would die in the Trojan War. The post used this to argue that casting Page made thematic sense, framing Achilles as a figure who already lived outside traditional gender roles. But a widely circulated reply pushed back hard on that reading. According to the reply, the disguise was entirely Thetis's doing, not Achilles's choice, and while on Skyros he fathered a son, Neoptolemus, with the princess Deidamia. When Odysseus arrived posing as a trader and laid out both trinkets and weapons, all the women reached for the jewelry while Achilles went straight for the swords, instantly giving himself away. That is how he was unmasked and ultimately recruited to fight at Troy. The rebuttal argues the original post conveniently left out the part where Achilles's own instincts betrayed the disguise, which changes the story considerably. Whether the myth supports or undermines the casting argument now depends almost entirely on which half of the story someone chooses to tell. The broader backlash against the film continues, with Sky News Australia reporting that the comment section has been locked down as dislikes piled up ahead of its release. #TheOdyssey #GreekMythology #Achilles