The Odyssey
Homer
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The Odyssey
A planned Commonplace Edition of The Odyssey, included in our Grade 9 reading sequence for attentive reading, annotation, and discussion.
A planned Commonplace Edition. Timing has not been announced.
- Edition status
- Publishing roadmap
- Suggested school placement
- Grade 9
- Placement across surveyed lists
- Grades 7–12
- First published or composed
- c. 725 BC
- Working text or translation
- Samuel Butler prose (1900); alternatives include Butcher and Lang (1879), Pope, and Chapman
- Approximate extent
- About 117k words · 330 planned pages
Text choices, pagination, format, and publication timing remain preliminary until the edition record is finalized.
A question to carry into the book
What is this work asking its reader to notice—and what is worth carrying forward?
The Commonplace Edition makes room for questions, connections, and passages worth keeping. Prompts invite thought without prescribing a single interpretation.
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A place for
a second thought.
A passage gives us something to consider. A margin gives us somewhere to begin.
Gather the phrases that stay with you. Follow a question. Return to an idea with fresh eyes.
What is worth carrying with you?
For schools
One possible place
in the sequence.
This title sits in Grade 9 of our working sequence and appears across grades 7–12 in the school lists surveyed. Placement is a planning guide; each school should review the text, translation, and fit for its own curriculum.
Start a school conversationFor independent readers
A book to mark,
return to, and keep.
Our planned format pairs an enduring text with generous note space and reflective prompts. Final materials and specifications will be posted before ordering opens.
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