While watching the film I kept flashing back to Kirk Douglas as Odysseus in the original 1954 movie version and his far more passionate and nuanced portrayal. Does Odysseus Suffer from PTSD? The Defensive Power of DistractionOdysseus, like the contemporary veteran soldier suffering from PTSD, is truly a wounded hero. And escape Odysseus does, in spades. (However, in Homer, it was not Odysseus who becomes intoxicated but his crew, whom he then had to rescue.)