Homer Audio

Many of us are familiar with the epic stories and legends of the classical world. This anthology, the only one of its kind on audiobook, gives an insight into a more lyrical and tender aspect of Greek...

If Homer's Odyssey is, as many have maintained, "the world's greatest adventure story," then...

Perhaps the greatest poem of the Western world, The Iliad tells the story of 50 critical days toward the end of the Trojan war...

One of the most extraordinary achievements in world literary history.

Selections from the finest epic poem ever written, detailing the wrath of Achilles, the arrogance of Agamemnon, the puppeteering of the gods, and the tragic demise of Hector and the Fall of Troy, read by veteran stage performer Sir Anthony Quayle.

This masterful new verse translation of Homer's classic story of the Trojan War has been hailed by critics as "an astonishing performance" and "a remarkable tour de force."

Perhaps the greatest poem of the Western world, The Iliad tells the story of fifty critical days towards the end of the Trojan war. Achilles has quarrelled with Agamemnon and sulks in his tent, while Hector brings his Trojans to the brink of victory; but fate will have the last word.

The Iliad, together with the Odyssey, is one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer.

Homer has been hailed as the father of all poetry, and The Iliad has survived as a masterpiece of all time.

Perhaps the greatest poem of the Western world, The Iliad tells the story of 50 critical days toward the end of the Trojan war.

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature. Though more than 2,700 years old, their stories of brave heroics, capricious gods, and towering human emotions are vividly timeless.

Homer's Odyssey is the thrilling and moving tale of the wanderings of the hero Odysseus after the end of the Trojan war. For ten years he experiences storms, shipwrecks, and...

Surviving the Trojan War was just the beginning of the adventure for Odysseus. What lay ahead...

The Odyssey - the greatest adventure story of them all - is packed with excitement: monsters...

In his perilous journey home after the Trojan War, Odysseus must pass through the land of the Cyclops, encounter Circe the Enchantress, and face the terrible Charybdis and the six-headed serpent Scylla.

The Odyssey is concerned with Odysseus’ difficulties in returning home after the Trojan War, which was won by the Greeks.

The Trojan War is over, and the battle-weary soldier Odysseus sets out for home. On his way Odysseus faces many dangers sent by the gods to test him.

The most popular epic of Western culture springs to life in Allen Mandelbaum's magnificent tranlation.

If "The Iliad" is the world's greatest war story, then "The Odyssey" is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life.

The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer.

The Trojan War is over and Odysseus, the cunning King of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. It proves a long, 10-year journey, fraught with dangers, from Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops, and the seductive Sirens, to the love of Calypso on her all-too-comfortable isle.

The Trojan War is over, and Odysseus, the cunning king of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope, and his son Telemachus.

"My fame is written in the heavens, and my fate too..." So speaks Odysseus as he starts to recount his struggles to sail home to Ithaca, in one of the greatest pieces of storytelling in Western literature.

Greek poet Homer established the standard for tales of epic quests and heroic journeys with The Odyssey. Crowded with characters, both human and nonhuman, and bursting with action, The Odyssey details the adventures of Ulysses, king of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War, as he struggles to return to his home and his waiting, ever-faithful wife, Penelope.