Before you see it on the screen, hear the epic poem that started it all — with a full cast of voices, every word ablaze as it's spoken.
Listen to Book I FreeChristopher Nolan's The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, arrives in IMAX theaters on July 17, 2026. It is the most ambitious adaptation of Homer's epic ever attempted — a story of war, wandering, and the long voyage home.
But the Odyssey existed for nearly three thousand years before it reached a sound stage. The monsters, the gods, the cunning hero trying to return to his family — every scene in the film traces back to Homer's original poem. Knowing the source material does not spoil the movie. It deepens every frame.
Over 50 distinct voices bring every character to life. Odysseus, Athena, Penelope, the Cyclops, Circe, and dozens more — each with their own sound.
Each word glows with fire as it is spoken, so you can read along with the narration. Never lose your place in Homer's flowing prose.
The full Odyssey from the councils of the gods to the peace restored in Ithaca. Every book of Homer's epic, unabridged, in Samuel Butler's classic translation with Greek names restored.
No app to install, no account to create. Open the reader on any device and Book I begins immediately. The complete Odyssey unlocks for just $4.99.
Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented them from ever reaching home. Tell me, too, about all these things, O daughter of Zeus, from whatsoever source you may know them.
These are the opening lines of the Odyssey. In the reader, every word ignites as you hear it spoken aloud.
The Odyssey is not a spoiler — it is context. Knowing Homer's original sharpens every choice Nolan makes. Read the source, then see what a master filmmaker does with it.
Homer's Odyssey can feel daunting on the page. Hearing the story read aloud, with synchronized text, transforms it from homework into an experience. The epic was originally performed, not read silently — this is closer to how the Odyssey was always meant to be heard.
Odysseus, not Ulysses. Zeus, not Jupiter. Athena, not Minerva. Butler's 1900 translation Latinised the names; we restored every one to the original Greek — just as the Nolan film uses them.
Open the Odyssey reader in your browser and start listening. No sign-up. No data collection. Just Homer's story and your attention.
Book I is free. Listen now and discover why this three-thousand-year-old story still holds you the way it held the ancient Greeks — and why Christopher Nolan chose it for his next film.