The Odyssey

Name: The Odyssey
Author: Homer

by Homer

EN·~11 hours

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Full title

The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original

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Duration

~11 hours (675K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Jim Tinsley and David Widger Updated: 2022-12-17.

Release date

1999-04-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Homer -- Translations into English Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character)

About the author

Homer

-750–-650

Tradition remembers this ancient Greek poet as the voice behind the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epics that shaped storytelling for centuries. Even though little can be known for certain about the historical person, the poems linked to him still feel vivid, dramatic, and deeply human.

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