Troy: Fall Of A City -

The series is frequently analyzed for its "anti-heroic" portrayal of Helen, drawing specifically on her characterization in Book 4 of the Odyssey .

Scholars look at how disenfranchised women in the series use modern notions of autonomy to affect their world, though some argue this power is often "snatched away" by the narrative's end. Troy: Fall of a City

A major point of academic and public discourse is the racially diverse casting, specifically David Gyasi as Achilles and Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Zeus. The series is frequently analyzed for its "anti-heroic"

Academic contributors argue that modern racial categories (black vs. white) are often unhelpful when applied to the ancient Mediterranean, which was highly interconnected and ethnically fluid. Troy: Fall of a City