India, July 13 -- During his decade-long journey back home, Odysseus survives storms, outwits monsters and shields himself from the wrath of powerful gods. But it's a dog lying in a heap of dung who delivers the most devastating punch to his gut. In Homer's poem, The Odyssey, Argos was neither a hero nor a divine entity. He was just a loyal dog who waited for his master for two decades and never lost faith.

When Christopher Nolan sat down to talk about his new movie, The Odyssey, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in May 2026, he said that the film is "the ultimate dog story". The trailer features brief glimpses of Argos: a playful puppy bounding around his master, and later, an old dog lying still while a hand gently caresses him.

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