A major point of academic and public discourse is the racially diverse casting, specifically David Gyasi as Achilles and Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Zeus.
Published by Bloomsbury Academic , this volume contains 15 chapters that analyze the series through several critical lenses: 1. Troy: Fall of a City
Some papers examine how the adaptation of characters like Ajax and Thersites promotes a modern anti-war agenda. A major point of academic and public discourse
While the show includes the Greek gods as anthropomorphic figures who walk among men, scholars note this is done with surprising fealty to Homeric tradition. Troy: Fall of a City