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See all results for “” →Homer is the ancient Greek poet credited with the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two oldest and most influential stories in Western literature.
Almost nothing is known about Homer for certain. The ancient Greeks believed he was a blind poet from Ionia, and scholars think the poems took shape around the 8th century BC. They began as oral poetry, sung and passed down for generations before they were written down.
The Odyssey follows Odysseus on his ten-year journey home from the Trojan War: the Cyclops, the witch Circe, the Sirens, a trip to the land of the dead, and his wife Penelope holding off a houseful of suitors. It was made to be performed aloud, which makes it a natural audiobook. Our recording comes in twelve parts, two books at a time.
Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.
The Odyssey Book 1 and 2
Start at the start: Telemachus searches for news of his father.
52 min · read by William Johnston
Narrated by William Johnston
The Odyssey begins not with Odysseus, but with the people waiting for him. In Ithaca, his son Telemachus watches suitors eat through the family's house while his father i...
Narrated by William Johnston
Telemachus has left home to find out what happened to his father. In Books 3 and 4 of the Odyssey he sails to Pylos, where old King Nestor tells what he remembers of the...
Narrated by William Johnston
Odysseus has spent seven years on Calypso's island, longing for home. In Book 5 the gods finally send a message: let him go. He builds a raft and sails, but Poseidon spot...
Narrated by William Johnston
Odysseus is washed up on Scheria after a long sea voyage. He is welcomed by the royal family of the Phaeacians, who feed him and offer to send him home. At a great feast,...
Narrated by William Johnston
Odysseus faces the Lotus-Eaters, the Cyclops, Aeolus’s winds, the Laestrygonians, and Circe in Books 9–10 of Homer’s Odyssey—Samuel Butler’s classic prose brought to life...
Narrated by William Johnston
Journey with Odysseus through the land of the dead, past the Sirens, and between Scylla and Charybdis in this vivid performance of Books 11 & 12 from Samuel Butler’s clas...
Narrated by William Johnston
Odysseus reaches Ithaca, is disguised by Athena, and shelters with loyal Eumaeus while plotting revenge on the suitors—an intimate, suspenseful pivot from wanderer to ave...
Narrated by William Johnston
Athena speeds Telemachus home as Odysseus, still in disguise, reunites with his son and plots revenge on the suitors—two crucial books of the Odyssey in vivid prose, powe...
Narrated by William Johnston
Odysseus returns to Ithaca in disguise, endures the suitors’ taunts, is recognized by Argos, and defeats Irus. Penelope dazzles the hall as the reckoning nears. Samuel Bu...
Narrated by William Johnston
Odysseus, still in disguise, meets Penelope, is revealed to Euryclea, and reads omens of vengeance as the suitors seal their fate—brought to life in William Johnston’s gr...
Narrated by William Johnston
Penelope’s bow test, Odysseus’s reveal, and the suitors’ reckoning—Books 21–22 in Samuel Butler’s vivid prose, brought to life by William Johnston in a taut, gripping per...
Narrated by William Johnston
The Odyssey’s finale: Penelope’s bed-test, the suitors’ fate, Laertes’ joy, and Athena’s peace—brought to life by William Johnston.
The time of the Trojan War, when the stories are set.
The Iliad and the Odyssey take shape as oral poems.
The poems are written down in Athens.
Samuel Butler's English prose translation of the Odyssey.
No one knows. The poems may be the work of one great poet, or of many singers over generations.
Odysseus's ten-year journey home from the Trojan War, and his return to his wife Penelope and son Telemachus.
Ours comes in twelve parts of two books each, so you can listen one part at a time.
Academy Voices has 12 Homer audiobooks, each performed by a real narrator, with a free sample on every one. Every recording is Certified Human Voice.
Reviewed October 2026 by the Academy Voices team. Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata .
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