The Odyssey, by Homer

With SJ Murray, Ph.D. (Princeton University) & Professor in the Honors College (Baylor University)

and Caleb Simone, Ph.D. (Columbia University) & Visiting Scholar in Classics (University of Texas, Austin)

Read one of the greatest journeys ever told.

For almost three thousand years, readers have followed Odysseus across storm-tossed seas, strange lands, and impossible trials. Enter a story that asks some of life’s deepest questions: what does it mean to endure, to change, and to find one’s way home?

The Odyssey is more than a story about the past. It is a story about us.

Alongside Odysseus, you will confront big questions that define every human life, such as:

  • What does it mean to remain faithful?

  • How do we endure suffering without losing ourselves?

  • What is courage?

  • What is wisdom?

  • What does it mean to come home again?

These questions are as urgent today as they were thousands of years ago.

Each lesson is designed to help you read, understand, and reflect on Homer’s story in just a few minutes a day. Guided by our award-winning edumedia™ shorts, you’ll gain insight into the poem and your own life.

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Art: Ulysses and the Sirens is an 1891 painting by the Pre-Raphaelite artist John William Waterhouse. It is currently held in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

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“Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns”

~ Homer, in Homer’s Odyssey