The Odyssey, Version 3: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Odyssey, Version 3, credited to Homer, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Odyssey, Version 3 by Homer. (Translated by Samuel Butler.) Read in English by Mark Nelson The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic. The Odyssey is fundamental to the modern Western canon; it is the second-oldest extant work of Western literature, while the Iliad is the oldest. Scholars believe the Odyssey was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia. The poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths), king of Ithaca, and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed Odysseus has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres or Proci, who compete for Penelope's hand in marriage. - Summary by Mark Nelson

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Odyssey, Version 3
• Author credits: Homer
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 11:01:50

Catalogue topics

• homer
• classic
• greek classics

Track guide

1. 01 - Book I — 24:47
2. 02 - Book II — 24:46
3. 03 - Book III — 27:54
4. 04 - Book IV — 45:55
5. 05 - Book V — 26:42
6. 06 - Book VI — 19:21
7. 07 - Book VII — 19:27
8. 08 - Book VIII — 31:02
9. 09 - Book IX — 31:43
10. 10 - Book X — 30:32
11. 11 - Book XI — 33:45
12. 12 - Book XII — 25:22
13. 13 - Book XIII — 23:36
14. 14 - Book XIV — 29:27
15. 15 - Book XV — 28:42
16. 16 - Book XVI — 25:48
17. 17 - Book XVII — 32:55
18. 18 - Book XVIII — 23:36
19. 19 - Book XIX — 35:00
20. 20 - Book XX — 22:14
21. 21 - Book XXI — 22:58
22. 22 - Book XXII — 25:02
23. 23 - Book XXIII — 20:51
24. 24 - Book XXIV — 30:25

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