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A man. A god at war with him. Ten thousand miles of sea between him and home.
Attributed to the legendary Homer and composed in verse over 2,700 years ago, the Odyssey is one of the foundational epic poems of Western civilisation — the tale that has forever defined the concept of journey, obstacle and return. Ulysses won the Trojan War with the ruse of the wooden horse. Now all he has to do is return home, to his wife, his son and his kingdom. It should be the easy part. It is not. Poseidon seeks his downfall. A Cyclops devours his men one by one. A sorceress turns them into pigs. The Sirens sing to lure him to his death. Between Scylla and Charybdis, there is no escape without sacrifice. And on an island forgotten by the gods, a nymph holds him captive in love for years, whilst time in Ithaca continues to pass without him. At home, his wife Penelope single-handedly stands up to dozens of suitors who covet her bed and her throne. His son Telemachus is now a man who has never known him. And by now, everyone believes him to be dead. When Odysseus finally sees the shores of Ithaca once more, the most dangerous journey has yet to begin: reclaiming everything that has been stolen from him. An epic poem that weaves together adventure, cunning, nostalgia and the universal theme of nostos — the return home — remaining one of the founding works of Western literature.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Biography and Memoir
Length21 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 7, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction to Niccolò Delviniotti
15Book XII
2On Writing and Translating the Odyssey
16Book XIII
3Note on the transcription
17Book XIV
4Book I
18Book XV
5Book II
19Book XVI
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6Book III
20Book XVII
7Book IV
21Book XVIII
8Book V
22Book XIX
9Book VI
23Book XX
10Book VII
24Book XXI
11Book VIII
25Book XXII
12Book IX
26Book XXIII
13Book X
27Book XXIV
14Book XI
28Spelling standardisations