Start · 01
The Odyssey
Ὅμηρος, Emily R. Wilson
Books, connected
Great books.
A path through them.
Create and share reading paths with the books, order, and notes that connect an idea. Or find your next read in a path someone else has made.
A path in practice
Greek myth: from the source to the retelling
Then · 02
The Iliad
Homer, Emily Wilson
Choice 1 · 03
Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
Choice 2 · 04
Circe
Madeline Miller
Continue · 05
Mythos
Stephen Fry
Begin with the epics, then choose how the myth gets retold.
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