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About this audiobook
"The best stories ever written" - those are W.H.D. Rouse's own words. He is the man who translated Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" into plain English. It is a literal translation, but prose, and therefore so much easier to understand!
The "Iliad" depicts the terrible and long-drawn out siege of Troy, the quarrel of Achilles and Agamemnon, the interactions between Olympian Gods and humans, remains among one of the classic campaigns and the heroism and treachery of the combatants have been unmatched in song and story.
The "Odyssey" is the first and quite possibly the greatest adventure story of all time. After the long hardships of the Trojan War, Odysseus is on his way home. But since the Gods in Olympos are still mad at Odysseus, they put lots of obstacles in his way: The nymph Calypso, Circe, Cyclops, the deadly Scylla and Charybdis - only the ever-cunning Odysseus is able to survive all these deadly traps. Finally, he makes it home, all by himself, at last. However, the story doesn't end there. In his house, there is a host of wooers who want to marry his faithful wife Penelopeia; they eat all his food, they drink his best wine, and they conspire to kill his son Telemachus. There is only one thing left to be done for Odysseus: Deadly revenge...
Iliad & Odyssey: Fascinating tales, and truly two of the greatest stories of all time!
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature
Length29 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byJürgen Fritsche
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMar 28, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Book_01_Achilles_and_Agamemnon_quarrel
25Book_01_House_of_Odysseus
2Book_02_A_Dream_with_a_message_from_Zeus
26Book_02_Council_of_Ithaca
3Book_03_Duel_of_Menelaos_and_Alexandros
27Book_03_Sandy_Pylos
4Book_04_First_battle_of_Trojans_and_Achaians
28Book_04_Lacedaimon
5Book_05_Diomedes_and_his_deeds_of_valour
29Book_05_Calypso's_Island
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6Book_06_Paris_back_in_battle
30Book_06_Nausicaa
7Book_07_Aias_and_Hector_in_single_combat
31Book_07_Alcinoos
8Book_08_Battle_wavers
32Book_08_Games_in_Phaiacia
9Book_09_Agamemnon_repents_of_violence
33Book_09_Cyclops
10Book_10_Diomedes_and_Odysseus_on_night_raid
34Book_10_Circe
11Book_11_Battle_turns_and_Achilles_notices
35Book_11_Kingdom_of_the_Dead
12Book_12_Two_armies_fight_before_wall
36Book_12_Scylla_and_Charybdis
13Book_13_Battle_among_ships
37Book_13_Return_to_Ithaca
14Book_14_Hera_deludes_Zeus
38Book_14_Swineherd
15Book_15_Zeus_awakes
39Book_15_Telemachos_back_in_Ithaca
16Book_16_Patroclos_takes_armour
40Book_16_Telemachos_meets_his_father
17Book_17_Fight_over_the_body_of_Patroclos
41Book_17_Odysseus_returns_home
18Book_18_Achilles_receives_the_news
42Book_18_The_sturdy_beggar
19Book_19_Achilles_makes_friends_with_Agamemnon
43Book_19_The_old_nurse
20Book_20_Achilles_sweeps_battlefield
44Book_20_Omens_of_wrath
21Book_21_Battle_by_the_river
45Book_21_The_great_bow
22Book_22_Death_of_Hector
46Book_22_Battle_in_the_hall
23Book_23_Funeral_rites_of_Patroclos
47Book_23_Odysseus_finds_his_wife
24Book_24_Priam_and_Achilles_meet
48Book_24_Odysseus_finds_his_father