Don't read the Odyssey.
Sail it.
The oldest adventure ever told, remade as a voyage you take. Swipe through Homer's epic one beat at a time, in modern prose that finally feels alive — while the islands, monsters, and heroes you meet gather quietly around you as you go.
All 24 books, Book I to Book XXIV · The complete voyage, in modern prose
Tell me about the man, Muse — the clever one who was driven to wander the whole world after he brought down the holy towers of Troy. He saw many cities and learned the minds of many people, and he suffered deeply at sea, fighting to bring himself home.
- 24
- Books, start to finish
- 3
- Classic translations, one flip away
- 100+
- Heroes, monsters & islands to collect
- Offline
- Read anywhere, no signal needed
The same epic — made to be read.
The classic translations are glorious, and four hundred years old. This gives you the very same adventure in clear, modern prose — one beat at a time, so the story pulls you forward instead of holding you back.
The man for wisdom's various arts renown'd, Long exercised in woes, O Muse! resound; Who, when his arms had wrought the destin'd fall Of sacred Troy, and raz'd her heav'n-built wall…
Gorgeous — and a wall to climb.
Tell me about the man, Muse — the clever one who was driven to wander the whole world after he brought down the holy towers of Troy.
One clear beat. Swipe to sail on.
Read first. The story always wins.
Three things, in the order they matter — a gorgeous read, depth the moment you want it, and a cozy collection that rewards paying attention.
Read
The whole Odyssey in clear, modern prose — one beat per card. Swipe to sail on; tap a hero or an island to learn who they are without ever leaving the page. Nothing gets between you and the story.
Compare
Curious how Homer actually put it? Flip any card to the original public-domain translators — Butler, Butcher & Lang, and Murray — stacked side by side. The source, celebrated, never hidden.
Collect
The people, monsters, and places you meet gather quietly into decks you can browse and a chart you can fill. No grind, no checklist — just an ambient reward for reading on.
Every book. Book I to Book XXIV.
The full Odyssey is here — all twenty-four books, alpha through omega, from the council of the gods to Odysseus home at last on Ithaca. The complete story, in order, nothing abridged.
Presented as a single deck you swipe through, beat by beat. The 24 books are your progress across the sea — and you can feel the distance you've covered.
He saw many cities and learned the minds of many people, and he suffered deeply at sea — fighting, against everything, to bring himself home.
The voyage gathers around you as you read.
Everything you meet surfaces the moment you reach its scene — silently, into decks of cards you can browse anytime. The world fills in behind you like a wake.
Characters
The whole dramatis personae — Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, Athena and the rest. Each card deepens as the story reveals more of who they are.
Monsters
The bestiary of the sea — Polyphemus the Cyclops, the Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, Circe. Habitat, danger, and the place each one haunts.
Places
Every island of the voyage, from the land of the Lotus-eaters to the halls of Alcinous — each one a card, and a pin on the chart.
Quotes
Save the lines that stop you. Your collected quotes become the shareable artifact of your own crossing.
Achievements
"Escaped the Cyclops." "Resisted the Lotus." Quiet, god's-favor milestones that mark how far you've sailed.
The Map
A parchment sea-chart of the whole journey. Places dim until you reach them; your route draws itself across the Aegean as you read.
How the voyage feels
No tutorial, no settings to wrestle. Open it and you're already at sea.
Swipe to sail
The Odyssey is a deck. Each card is one beat of the story in modern prose. Swipe forward to advance; swipe back to retrace your wake.
Flip to compare
Tap the small (i) on any card to turn it over and read the original translators. Depth is always one tap away, and never in the way.
Collect as you go
Heroes, monsters, and islands gather into your decks the instant you read them. Open the map and watch your voyage fill in.
Homer's Odyssey
The complete epic, retold to be read — and a whole voyage to collect.
- All 24 books, Book I through Book XXIV, in modern prose
- Flip any card to the original public-domain translators
- Characters, monsters, places, quotes & achievements to collect
- A parchment sea-chart of your whole voyage
Common questions
Is this the real Odyssey, or a summary?
The real thing, in full — every one of the 24 books, in order, nothing skipped. It's the complete story retold in clear modern prose that stays true to Homer's events and spirit, with the original translators always a flip away. Not a summary, not an abridgement — the whole voyage.
Is the whole Odyssey here, or just part of it?
The whole thing. All 24 books of the Odyssey, from the opening council of the gods to Odysseus's return to Ithaca, in modern prose you can actually read. Nothing is held back.
Where does the original text come from?
Flip any card and you'll find the great public-domain translations — Samuel Butler (1900), Butcher & Lang (1879), and A. T. Murray (1919) — stacked for comparison. They're in the public domain, so you can read, quote, and share them freely.
What are the cards and decks?
The Odyssey is presented as a deck you swipe through — one beat of the story per card, in clear modern prose. As you read, the characters, monsters, and islands you meet collect into their own decks of cards you can browse, plus a sea-chart that fills in as you sail.
Do I need to be online?
The Odyssey lives in the app, so you can read it anywhere — on a plane, on a train, or far from any signal.
Set sail.
The complete Odyssey, in modern prose you'll actually want to read. Now on iOS and Android.