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By using Iliad · Odyssey you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the site. The publisher is Valentin Dodonov, reachable at capital93@gmail.com.

The texts

The Iliad and the Odyssey are ancient works in the public domain. Samuel Butler’s English (1898), A. T. Murray’s English (Iliad 1924, Odyssey 1919), N. I. Gnedich’s Russian Iliad (1829), and V. V. Veresaev’s Russian Odyssey (1953) are offered here as public- domain texts. You may copy those texts for any lawful purpose.

The transliteration software, layout, PDF generator, and original commentary on this site are provided for personal study and teaching. You may not scrape the site in a way that harms its availability, or present the original commentary as your own.

The sung recitations remain the copyright of their performers: Perkʷunós (Iliad, 2025) and Literature and History Podcast (Odyssey). Credit and a link to each original video appear on the sung pages.

No academic warranty

Lineation, spelling, and alignment can differ from a given printed edition. Butler is a literary prose version; Murray is a facing translation, not the later revised Loeb. Gnedich and Veresaev are Russian verse. None is a word-for-word school crib. Do not rely on this site as your only witness for examination or publication.

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Changes

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