Homer (8th century BCE)
The Odyssey is an epic poem that follows the Greek hero Odysseus on his arduous ten-year journey home to Ithaca following the Trojan War. While he faces mythical monsters and divine wrath, his wife Penelope and son Telemachus struggle to protect their home from a group of arrogant suitors.
An illustrated audiobook of the public-domain classic: the narration is synced word by word with the on-screen text, classic artwork illustrates the scenes, and a map tracks where the story takes place. Speed-reading format suitable for ADHD.
Chapters:
0:00:00 PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
0:12:45 PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
0:16:21 THE ODYSSEY · BOOK I
0:38:08 BOOK II
1:00:45 BOOK III
1:26:04 BOOK IV
2:08:39 BOOK V
2:33:27 BOOK VI
2:51:04 BOOK VII
3:09:02 BOOK VIII
3:39:17 BOOK IX
4:09:08 BOOK X
4:38:19 BOOK XI
5:11:50 BOOK XII
5:36:39 BOOK XIII
5:59:19 BOOK XIV
6:26:58 BOOK XV
6:55:00 BOOK XVI
7:18:02 BOOK XVII
7:48:44 BOOK XVIII
8:10:38 BOOK XIX
8:43:22 BOOK XX
9:04:51 BOOK XXI
9:26:42 BOOK XXII
9:49:58 BOOK XXIII
10:09:12 BOOK XXIV
Narration: read for LibriVox by Peter Dann. Public domain.
Text: public domain, translated by Samuel Butler.
Artwork: public-domain paintings, engravings and photographs from Wikimedia Commons and other open collections; each image is credited on screen.
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