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Odyssey: A Daily Odyssey through Homer’s The Odyssey

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An Omen at Departure, a Promise Foretold (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 15 – Part 5)

October 31, 2026 · 12 min

As the journey turns homeward, the gods speak in signs. Hope, long restrained, is suddenly given a voice. In this passage of The Odyssey, Telemachus offers thanks and farewell to Menelaus, expressing his wish to find Odysseus alive…
Farewells and Blessings at the Gate (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 15 – Part 4)

October 30, 2026 · 12 min

Gifts are received, bonds affirmed, and the road opens at last. Hospitality reaches its proper close in ritual and blessing. In this passage of The Odyssey, Menelaus places his gifts into Telemachus’s hands, and Helen adds a robe meant…
Gifts Chosen for the Journey Home (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 15 – Part 3)

October 29, 2026 · 9 min

Urgency sharpens resolve, and generosity answers it with care. Departure is prepared not in haste alone, but with honor. In this passage of The Odyssey, Telemachus insists on returning at once to Ithaca, fearing for his household and…
A Morning Departure from Lacedaemon (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 15 – Part 2)

October 28, 2026 · 12 min

Night gives way to dawn, and resolve turns into motion. Hospitality is honored, but the road home calls more strongly still. In this passage of The Odyssey, Telemachus urges his departure from Lacedaemon, waking Peisistratus and…
A Call to Return, a Warning on the Way (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 15 – Part 1)

October 27, 2026 · 13 min

Restlessness gives way to resolve as danger and duty press close. The journey outward must now turn home. In this opening passage of The Odyssey, Book 15, Athene comes by night to Telemachus in Lacedaemon, urging him to end his…

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Warmth Given, Loyalty Proven (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 14 – Part 14)

October 19, 2026 · 20 min

Need is answered without being named. In cold and darkness, care reveals itself through action rather than promise. In this passage of The Odyssey, Odysseus finishes his cunning tale of Troy, and Eumaeus understands the need behind the…
A Cold Night and a Subtle Test (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 14 – Part 13)

October 18, 2026 · 13 min

Comfort gives way to rain and darkness, and kindness is quietly put to the proof. Even rest becomes a measure of character. In this passage of The Odyssey, the meal ends and a stormy night closes in, cold and relentless. Odysseus…
The Feast of a Faithful Heart (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 14 – Part 12)

October 17, 2026 · 11 min

Ritual and care shape the evening, and honor is given where it is least expected. In a humble hut, the old laws still hold. In this passage of The Odyssey, Eumaeus prepares a careful sacrifice, remembering the gods before all else, and…
A Bargain Rejected, Hospitality Renewed (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 14 – Part 11)

October 16, 2026 · 11 min

Truth presses harder, but belief still will not yield. What cannot be proven is set aside, and kindness takes its place. In this passage of The Odyssey, Odysseus proposes a grim covenant to test his words, offering his own life as…
Hope Refused, Loyalty Unbroken (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 14 – Part 10)

October 15, 2026 · 9 min

Compassion listens, but belief does not follow. Suffering has taught caution, and hope has learned to keep its distance. In this passage of The Odyssey, Eumaeus responds with sorrow and firmness, moved by the stranger’s tale yet…
Hope Spoken, Freedom Won by the Gods (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 14 – Part 9)

October 14, 2026 · 9 min

A promise is spoken at last—quietly, carefully, and wrapped in falsehood. Even within a lie, hope is allowed to breathe. In this passage of The Odyssey, Odysseus completes his feigned tale, claiming to have heard certain news of…
Spared by Supplication, Cast Back to the Sea (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book 14 – Part 8)

October 13, 2026 · 9 min

Mercy intervenes—but only to send suffering on a longer road. Survival comes at the price of freedom, and escape leads back into peril. In this passage of The Odyssey, Odysseus continues his feigned tale, describing slaughter in Egypt…

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About the show

Odyssey: A Daily Odyssey into Homer’s The Odyssey is a daily read-along podcast for anyone who’s ever thought, “I should really read The Odyssey someday.” Every day for one year, host Landen Celano reads one page from The Odyssey, (using Butcher & Lang English prose translation), then follows it with smart, spoiler-aware commentary: close reading, Greek mythology context, Homeric weirdness, and whatever tangents the text demands. If you’re here because you’re hyped for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Odyssey film: welcome. This show isn’t about the movie. It’s about finally experiencing the ancient story itself, in order, one page at a time. Read along on YouTube (the text appears on screen), or grab the same Butcher & Lang translation from Project Gutenberg. Want a more traditional audiobook experience? Patreon subscribers get commentary-free audio at the end of each chapter. New episodes daily. Despite rain, sleet, snow, and hydra encounters.