The Odyssey

Name: The Odyssey
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Homer
ISBN: 9781802568394

Author: Homer

Narrator: Eloise Fairfax

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 12/25/2025

Categories: Nonfiction, History, Greece History

Synopsis

Homer’s The Odyssey is an epic poem that recounts the legendary ten-year journey of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, as he struggles to return home after the Trojan War. Faced with wrathful gods, enchanting sirens, monstrous creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, and the temptations of immortality, Odysseus relies on his courage, cunning, and unyielding desire to reunite with his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus. Meanwhile, in Ithaca, Penelope fends off persistent suitors who believe him dead. Blending adventure, divine intervention, and profound human emotion, the epic explores themes of perseverance, identity, loyalty, and the longing for home. A cornerstone of Western literature, The Odyssey celebrates the hero’s resilience and the enduring power of wit and hope against overwhelming odds.

About Homer

Homer is a legendary ancient Greek poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. The ancient Greeks generally believed that Homer was a historical individual, but modern scholars are skeptical: no reliable biographical information has been handed down from classical antiquity, and the poems themselves manifestly represent the culmination of many centuries of oral storytelling and a well-developed "formulaic" system of poetic composition. It has been suggested that "Homer" is "not the name of a historical poet, but a fictitious or constructed name."

Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on October 31, 2025

welcome to THE OCTOBERDYSSEY, this month's installment of my project long classics dedicated to getting me to read long and intimidating old books. this one is a little different, since it's technically a revisit. i read this in school but i don't remember anything about it except the words "wine-dark......more

Goodreads review by s.penkevich [hiatus-will return-miss you all] on August 14, 2025

Apropos of the upcoming film adaptation discourse, Have you considered who you would cast as Odysseus? But have you also considered that getting on a boat is a bad idea? Let’s explore! With literature. It’s like a lame Reading Rainbow episode about to happen, here we go: When you stop and think about......more

Goodreads review by Sasha on February 27, 2015

"Okay, so here's what happened. I went out after work with the guys, we went to a perfectly nice bar, this chick was hitting on me but I totally brushed her off. Anyway we ended up getting pretty wrecked, and we might have smoked something in the bathroom, I'm not totally clear on that part, and the......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte on January 13, 2019

Quite possibly one of my favourite books! It was this novel that ignited my love for Greek and Roman mythology and antiquity - leading me to choose a degree in Classical Civilisations. I always look back on The Odyssey with fondness - I love all the monsters he faces and the gods who involve themselve......more

Goodreads review by Bella on May 05, 2025

long distance couple goals......more