Read the Iliad
Twenty-four books of Homeric Greek with English letters and a choice of Butler, Murray, or Gnedich beside each five-line group.
Open the IliadIliad · Odyssey
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Paste up to 500 words of Homeric Greek, one verse per line, and see a scholarly Latin transcription beside it. For the complete poems, open the Iliad or the Odyssey above.
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Facing verses
Verses will appear here in paragraphs of five, Greek beside English letters.
Scholarly Latin letters: ē/ō for eta and omega, ch/ph/th, and h for rough breathing. Line numbers mark every fifth verse, as in printed Homer.
Read the Odyssey
The wanderings of Odysseus in the same facing layout, with Butler, Murray, or Veresaev beside the Greek.
Open the OdysseyHear the opening
The openings of the Iliad and the Odyssey as they may have been sung, with the hexameter pulse marked as each recitation plays.
Listen to the openingsHow the letters work
Ē and ō for long vowels, h for rough breathing, and ï where Homer marks diaeresis. Written for this site, not copied from a textbook.
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