The Odyssey
A Mythic Sea Voyage of Homecoming, Father-Son Courage, Disguise, Loyalty, and Enduring Human ResilienceBy Homer
Length11h 56m
About this audiobook
Homer's The Odyssey is an expansive epic of return, recognition, and moral endurance. It follows Odysseus after the Trojan War as he struggles for ten years to reach Ithaca, encountering divine hostility, seductive dangers, and civilizations that test the boundaries between home and exile. Through parallel narratives, the poem also depicts Penelope's resistance to the suitors and Telemachus's maturation, joining adventure narrative to domestic, ethical, and political drama. Composed in dactylic hexameter and shaped by the conventions of oral-formulaic poetry, its episodic structure, extended similes, invocations of the Muse, and embedded tales exemplify archaic Greek epic while anticipating the later traditions of romance, travel literature, and psychological narrative. The poem is traditionally attributed to Homer, a nearly legendary singer conventionally placed in the eighth century BCE. Whether understood as the work of a single poet or as the culmination of generations of oral performance, The Odyssey reflects a society negotiating heroic ideals, aristocratic identity, hospitality, divine authority, and the fragile restoration of social order after war. Its unusual emphasis on cunning, storytelling, household management, and female intelligence gives the heroic world a complexity beyond martial glory. The Odyssey is essential reading for anyone interested in epic, mythology, the origins of Western literature, or the enduring themes of displacement and homecoming. Both intellectually intricate and narratively compelling, it rewards close study while remaining accessible as a story of peril, loyalty, disguise, and renewed belonging.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length11 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 14, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Kid's Treasury: 99 Classic Children's Books to Enlighten and Educate
14BOOK XIII.
2BOOK I.
15BOOK XIV.
3BOOK II.
16BOOK XV.
4BOOK III.
17BOOK XVI.
5BOOK IV.
18BOOK XVII.
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6BOOK V.
19BOOK XVIII.
7BOOK VI.
20BOOK XIX.
8BOOK VII.
21BOOK XX.
9BOOK VIII.
22BOOK XXI.
10BOOK IX.
23BOOK XXII.
11BOOK X.
24BOOK XXIII.
12BOOK XI.
25BOOK XXIV.
13BOOK XII.
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