🌊 "Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy." — Homer, The Odyssey
Twenty years away from home. A war that ended in victory and a journey that never seemed to end. The Odyssey is the oldest adventure story in Western literature and still the best — a man trying to get home, and everything in the world conspiring to stop him. This is the complete, human-read audiobook of all 24 books, with the full text on screen, Butler's original scholarly annotations displayed as you listen, and illustrated with the paintings of N. C. Wyeth (color) and the engravings of John Flaxman (B&W). Translated by Samuel Butler (with Greek deity names restored per viewer request) and narrated by Mark Cassidy.
🎙️ THE CHILLBOOKS EXPERIENCE
- ✅ Original Narration: Mark Cassidy's expressive, unhurried performance gives the epic the weight and rhythm it deserves — word-for-word, no abridgement.
- ✅ Full Text On Screen: Follow Butler's prose translation line-for-line for deeper immersion and retention.
- ✅ Illustrated: N. C. Wyeth's vivid color paintings and John Flaxman's classical engravings, timed to the narrative.
- ✅ No Background Music: Pure storytelling — the way oral tradition always intended.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 The Odyssey by Homer00:24 Book 1: Athena Visits Telemachus23:32 Book 2: Telemachus Prepares for His Journey46:53 Book 3: At Pylos with Nestor1:13:36 Book 4: Menelaus and Helen1:58:41 Book 5: Odysseus and Calypso2:23:53 Book 6: Nausicaa Finds Odysseus2:42:14 Book 7: Odysseus at the Palace of Alcinous3:00:45 Book 8: Games and Songs of Phaeacia3:31:40 Book 9: The Cyclops4:02:14 Book 10: Circe the Enchantress4:32:23 Book 11: The Land of the Dead5:05:34 Book 12: Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis5:30:05 Book 13: Return to Ithaca5:53:01 Book 14: Odysseus and Eumaeus6:22:24 Book 15: Telemachus Returns6:52:55 Book 16: Reunion of Odysseus and Telemachus7:18:00 Book 17: Odysseus Enters the Palace7:49:44 Book 18: The Beggar Fight8:12:09 Book 19: Penelope's Dream8:45:00 Book 20: Omens and Dreams9:06:31 Book 21: The Bow of Odysseus9:29:26 Book 22: The Slaughter of the Suitors9:54:07 Book 23: Odysseus and Penelope Reunite10:14:06 Book 24: Peace and Recognition
✍️ ABOUT THE ODYSSEY
The Odyssey is the second of the two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, composed sometime in the 8th century BCE. It follows Odysseus (Ulysses in the Roman tradition) through ten years of wandering after the fall of Troy — encountering the Cyclops Polyphemus, the witch Circe, the dead in Hades, the Sirens, the monster Scylla, and the whirlpool Charybdis — while his wife Penelope holds off suitors at home in Ithaca and his son Telemachus comes of age.
✍️ ABOUT HOMER
Homer is the name ancient Greeks gave to the poet (or tradition of poets) responsible for The Iliad and The Odyssey — two foundational texts of Western civilization. Whether a single person or a long oral tradition codified into writing, the poems of Homer have shaped literature, philosophy, art, and storytelling for nearly three thousand years. Virgil modeled the Aeneid on them; Dante opened with echoes of Odysseus; Joyce built Ulysses on their architecture.
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