How long does it take to read Ὀδύσσεια?

About 6 h 49 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.

How many words is Ὀδύσσεια?

Roughly 106,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Book · by Ὅμηρος · first published 1999

How many pages is Ὀδύσσεια?

Ὀδύσσεια by Ὅμηρος has a median of 387 pages across 340 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 334 to 453 pages.

Median pages

387

340 editions counted

Range

186–801

shortest to longest edition

Reading time

6.8h

at 260 wpm (fiction average)

Words (est.)

106k

at 275 words per page

How long will Ὀδύσσεια take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading speed 260 wpm

Page density

Reading time

6 h 49 min

At 30 min a day

14 days

At 1 hour a day

7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 40 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

Format	Median pages	Editions	Reading time
Hardcover	400	28	7 h 03 min
Paperback	384	52	6 h 46 min
Mass market	392	3	6 h 55 min

Editions counted

The 340 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 51 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 1,066 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

Year	Publisher	Format	Pages	Open Library
2007	BiblioBazaar	Paperback	356	OL11975867M
2007	Wilder Publications	Hardcover	228	OL8833164M
2007	Richer Resources Publications	–	497	OL23141913M
2007	Signet Classics	Paperback	368	OL10274282M
2007	BiblioBazaar	Paperback	316	OL11975745M
2007	Penguin Random House	–	480	OL28452505M
2006	Penguin Classics	–	560	OL7361807M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	386	OL10416538M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	412	OL9647100M
2006	Waking Lion Press	Paperback	434	OL12505952M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	384	OL10416414M
2006	Impala	Paperback	396	OL8776513M
2006	Pocket	Mass Market Paperback	480	OL8457041M
2006	Hard Press	Paperback	364	OL11686039M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	402	OL10370505M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	388	OL9479229M
2006	Waking Lion Press	Paperback	334	OL12505953M
2006	Hard Press	Paperback	256	OL9857708M
2006	Icon Reference	Paperback	452	OL7652753M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	444	OL10416736M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	388	OL10370559M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	388	OL9454602M
2006	Richer Resources Publications	Paperback	564	OL8591232M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	392	OL10370450M
2005	Digireads.com	Paperback	208	OL8490088M
2005	Edimat Libros	Paperback	322	OL9154636M
2005	Pocket	Mass Market Paperback	392	OL8456515M
2005	The Johns Hopkins University Press	Paperback	472	OL7871409M
2004	Ann Arbor Media Group	–	267	OL32130157M
2004	Johns Hopkins University Press	–	418	OL3679342M
2004	Kessinger Publishing, LLC	Hardcover	352	OL8545911M
2004	Barnes & Noble Classics	Hardcover	384	OL8870215M
2004	Collector's Library	Hardcover	407	OL8772707M
2004	Kessinger Publishing	Paperback	492	OL8462047M
2003	Barnes & Noble Classics	Paperback	384	OL8870125M
2003	Penguin Books	–	348	OL3702623M
2003	Borders Classics	–	254	OL32130156M
2002	University of Michigan Press	–	193	OL3558210M
2002	Wordsworth Editions	Paperback	488	OL8978406M
2002	University of Michigan Press	–	421	OL3558845M
2002	Borgo Press	Hardcover	392	OL8822863M
2001	Washington Square Press	Mass Market Paperback	337	OL7644495M
2001	Forge	–	432	OL3950040M
2001	Adamant Media Corporation	Paperback	316	OL10503056M
2000	Sun Hill Rose and Briar Books	Hardcover	408	OL12301547M
2000	Adamant Media Corporation	Paperback	346	OL11636136M
2000	Sun Hill Rose and Briar Books	Paperback	452	OL9734058M
2000	Cyber Classics	Paperback	453	OL12326911M
2000	Duckworth Publishers	Paperback	290	OL7833389M
2000	Sun Hill Rose and Briar Books	Paperback	408	OL12301546M
2000	Hackett Pub. Co.	–	414	OL50104M
2000	Sun Hill Rose and Briar Books	Hardcover	452	OL8798860M
1999	Tandem Library	–	541	OL7587421M
1999	Harper Perennial Modern Classics	Paperback	384	OL9239785M
1999	Penguin Classics	–	560	OL7351772M
1999	Harvard University Press	–	608	OL378287M
1999	Signet Classic	–	304	OL33925M
1998	Penguin Books	–	704	OL23245724M
1998	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	–	528	OL7424415M
1998	Dover Publications	Paperback	256	OL7637878M
1998	Farrar, Straus, and Giroux	–	515	OL395105M
1998	Oxford University Press	–	349	OL458745M
1998	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	–	510	OL7423229M
1997	Wordsworth Classics	Paperback	448	OL8978598M
1997	Cyber Classics	Paperback	324	OL12034647M
1996	Duckworth Publishing	Paperback	560	OL8982316M
1996	Viking	Hardcover	541	OL979832M
1996	Harvill P.	–	474	OL32792472M
1996	Aris & Phillips	Hardcover	224	OL8302451M
1995	Harvard University Press	–	481	OL1426323M
1994	Cambridge University Press	–	368	OL1429837M
1994	IconEditions	–	470	OL1083650M
1993	W.W. Norton	–	415	OL1734956M
1993	Barnes & Noble	Hardcover	306	OL8667879M
1992	Cambridge University Press	Hardcover	260	OL7737552M
1992	Knopf	–	509	OL1744069M
1992	Cambridge University Press	Paperback	260	OL7737656M
1992	J.M. Dent	–	396	OL1490272M
1992	Cambridge University Press	–	248	OL2027699M
1992	Everyman's Library	Hardcover	528	OL7698590M
1991	Bantam Classics	Paperback	560	OL7820516M
1991	Penguin Books	–	394	OL1336663M
1991	Oxford University Press	–	327	OL1530910M
1991	Aris & Phillips	Hardcover	188	OL9844962M
1991	Oxford University Press, USA	–	288	OL7382831M
1991	G. Olms	–	338	OL1307566M
1991	Penguin Classics	–	704	OL7355346M
1990	University of California Press	–	526	OL1874819M
1990	Vintage Books	–	509	OL2217045M
1989	Anchor Books, Doubleday	–	594	OL2182582M
1988	Random House Value Publishing	Hardcover	365	OL7685512M
1987	Penguin	–	464	OL2112878M
1985	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	652	OL7693969M
1983	M. Kolaitis	–	298	OL2801726M
1982	Greenwich House	–	365	OL3491961M
1981	Limited Editions Club	–	300	OL24430557M
1981	Book Club Associates	–	255	OL19211172M
1980	Oxford University Press	–	349	OL4115387M
1978	Hull	–	281	OL4761364M
1978	Franklin Library	–	502	OL4757061M
1977	Bobbs-Merrill Educational Pub.	–	416	OL4907503M
1976	Franklin Library	–	502	OL4661777M
1974	Norton	–	516	OL4914803M
1974	Harvard Univ Pr	Hardcover	479	OL7693902M
1974	Anchor Press	–	594	OL5043759M
1974	W W Norton & Co Inc	–	516	OL7451504M
1973	Allen Lane	–	367	OL4951671M
1972	Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)	Paperback	327	OL10132542M
1971	Bantam Books	Paperback	224	OL11326618M
1971	Penguin Books	–	304	OL22957095M
1971	New American Library	–	304	OL22042473M
1969	F. Watts	–	397	OL5750927M
1968	AMS Press	–	379	OL5333712M
1968	W. W. Norton & Company	–	340	OL7450795M
1967	Penguin	–	367	OL5652939M
1967	Harper & Row	–	374	OL19395665M
1967	Norton	–	340	OL5534483M
1967	Harper & Row	–	374	OL17756800M
1967	Harper & Row	–	374	OL5990029M
1965	Macmillan	–	574	OL5945456M
1965	Washington Square Press	–	264	OL5934754M
1965	Penguin Books	–	365	OL19395689M
1965	Houghton Mifflin	–	428	OL13584179M
1965	Macmillan	–	398	OL5938294M
1964	Penguin Books	–	378	OL23762614M
1964	Modern Library	–	529	OL5930102M
1964	New American Library	–	309	OL14828125M
1963	Random House	–	529	OL5880709M
1963	New American Library of Canada	–	527	OL19395633M
1963	New American Library	–	304	OL19395696M
1963	Anchor Books	–	506	OL5868141M
1963	Macmillan	–	429	OL19395651M
1962	University of Chicago Press	–	526	OL5857516M
1962	Bantam Books	–	307	OL5882720M
1962	Heinemann	–	416	OL5186308M
1962	Anchor Books	–	507	OL7436924M
1961	Doubleday	–	474	OL23762613M
1961	Doubleday	–	474	OL15112961M
1961	Communication & Studies Inc.	–	426	OL24215661M
1961	Anchor Press/Doubleday	–	474	OL5822394M
1961	Doubleday	–	426	OL26889319M
1961	Dent	–	309	OL15175891M
1960	Random House	–	416	OL15112987M
1960	Modern Library	–	416	OL5845999M
1960	Random House	–	416	OL5799217M
1959	Penguin Books	–	365	OL15112992M
1959	Dodd, Mead	–	358	OL5776967M
1959	WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON	hardcover	374	OL27593427M
1958	Penguin Books	–	365	OL23265555M
1958	St. Martin's Press	–	453	OL15085813M
1958	F. Warne	–	247	OL6250104M
1956	Oxford University Press	–	327	OL6262591M
1956	Macmillan & Co.	–	429	OL15573895M
1955	Oxford University Press	–	327	OL17776436M
1953	Dent	–	309	OL6137015M
1953	–	–	309	OL26569364M
1953	Dent	–	309	OL19162975M
1952	Methuen & Co.	–	351	OL26569664M
1951	University of Chicago Press	–	527	OL6095965M
1950	Modern Library	–	383	OL17749229M
1950	New American Library	–	309	OL6064698M
1950	Modern Library	–	383	OL6072598M
1950	Little, Brown	–	470	OL6069003M
1950	Modern Library	–	383	OL17724345M
1950	Modern Library	–	464	OL23762606M
1949	New American Library	–	304	OL22013905M
1949	New American Library	–	287	OL24215667M
1947	Macmillan	–	373	OL15316509M
1946	Penguin Books	–	365	OL18376067M
1946	Penguin	–	365	OL24215665M
1946	Oxford University Press	–	327	OL19162976M
1946	The Macmillan Company	–	373	OL13578687M
1945	Penguin books	–	378	OL6516850M
1944	Pub. for the Classics Club by W.J. Black	–	306	OL6468519M
1942	The Heritage Press	–	357	OL6439582M
1942	Heritage Press	–	357	OL17721468M
1942	The Heritage Press	–	357	OL19958664M
1941	Nelson	–	262	OL20137536M
1940	Oxford University Press	–	442	OL6415038M
1938	T. Nelson	–	463	OL17885012M
1937	Modern Age Books	–	329	OL6360033M
1937	P.F. Collier & Son	–	334	OL24945972M
1937	Collier	–	334	OL17631183M
1937	Collier	–	334	OL23253464M
1937	New American Library	–	304	OL15593258M
1936	National Home Library Foundation	–	378	OL29940M
1935	Oxford University Press	–	327	OL6334305M
1934	Oxford University Press	–	327	OL119206M
1932	Oxford University Press	–	327	OL15112962M
1932	Oxford University Press	–	327	OL6280926M
1932	The Clarendon Press	–	513	OL6277868M
1932	E. Walker, W. Merton, B. Rogers	–	360	OL5593851M
1931	Nonesuch Press	–	759	OL21868804M
1931	s.n.]	–	548	OL5230590M
1930	The Macmillan company	–	435	OL23374309M
1930	Hale, Cushman & Flint; London	–	331	OL6763984M
1930	Macmillan	–	373	OL6744704M
1930	Macmillan	Hardcover	435	OL7032133M
1929	Harper & Brothers	–	427	OL6728546M
1929	The Modern Library	–	383	OL6748673M
1929	Houghton Mifflin Company	–	314	OL6735127M
1927	The John C. Winston Company	–	462	OL6711959M
1927	Macmillan and Co.,Limited	–	429	OL13712118M
1926	Allyn and Bacon	–	428	OL6698576M
1926	Macmillan	–	421	OL22185311M
1925	Oxford University Press	–	380	OL13964839M
1925	J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.	–	368	OL17638334M
1924	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	608	OL7694291M
1924	G. G. Harrap	–	319	OL22113499M
1921	G. Bell	–	411	OL18538076M
1921	G. Bell	–	411	OL7154326M
1921	Macmillan Comany	–	429	OL6668484M
1921	Houghton Mifflin Company	–	402	OL6633834M
1919	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	496	OL7694276M
1919	William Heinemann	hardcover	460	OL32888951M
1919	Loeb Classical Library	Hardcover	480	OL7694277M
1919	Harvard University Press	Hardcover	460	OL7693903M
1918	Macmillan and Co., limited	–	429	OL6647581M
1916	Wells Gardner, Darton & Co	–	331	OL15531249M
1916	Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.	–	340	OL23028552M
1915	J.M. Dent	–	368	OL7245937M
1914	A.C. Fifield	–	421	OL15112733M
1913	J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.	–	368	OL17729383M
1913	Macmillan Co.	–	373	OL23762615M
1912	Houghton, Mifflin and company	–	387	OL7080519M
1912	The Macmillan company	–	296	OL6950956M
1912	The Macmillan company	–	429	OL7246744M
1911	The Macmillan company	–	478	OL19367262M
1911	G.G. Harrap	–	334	OL7135918M
1911	G.G. Harrap & company	–	334	OL6547658M
1911	G.C. Harrap	–	334	OL20836718M
1909	P. F. Collier & son	–	347	OL7015231M
1909	Collier	–	347	OL17721467M
1909	Collier	–	347	OL17745987M
1909	Printed at the University Press with the Greek types designe	–	457	OL19339009M
1906	Macmillan	–	429	OL16748919M
1906	G. Bell	–	510	OL7048438M
1906	Macmillan	–	429	OL24337004M
1906	The Macmillan Company	–	429	OL24180298M
1902	George Bell & sons	–	432	OL15484364M
1902	G. Bell	–	432	OL7207317M
1901	Longmans, Green	–	293	OL3475387M
1900	Macmillan	–	429	OL24180216M
1900	Fifield	–	326	OL23366336M
1900	Modern Library	–	383	OL13578691M
1899	Clarendon Press	–	214	OL7209864M
1897	Macmillan and Co.	–	429	OL17776439M
1897	Houghton Mifflin company	–	387	OL23649378M
1895	Houghton, Mifflin	–	433	OL7106541M
1894	Houghton, Mifflin and Co.	–	387	OL22888370M
1894	Houghton Mifflin	–	387	OL7143571M
1894	Ginn & company	–	186	OL6551136M
1894	George Bell	–	510	OL16675864M
1893	Macmillan and co.	–	428	OL14634058M
1891	W.W. Gibbings	–	329	OL24180453M
1891	Ginn	–	229	OL6596657M
1891	Houghton Mifflin Company	–	410	OL6598251M
1891	Houghton, Mifflin and Company	–	387	OL17729765M
1891	Houghton, Mifflin	–	394	OL17763751M
1890	T. Y. Crowell	–	337	OL6940978M
1890	Clarendon press	–	392	OL18029701M
1889	Ginn & Company	–	229	OL6551137M
1888	Macmillan and Co.	–	429	OL6551154M
1887	Macmillan	–	429	OL17270662M
1887	Macmillan	–	428	OL13688559M
1887	Reeves & Turner	–	450	OL7053848M
1886	Macmillan and Co.	–	306	OL416914M
1886	Clarendon Press	–	568	OL16456984M
1886	Macmillan	–	306	OL7203845M
1883	Clarendon Press	–	354	OL15112571M
1883	Clarendon Press	–	354	OL26239449M
1883	Macmillan	–	428	OL7101057M
1882	Clarendon Press	–	386	OL24774129M
1880	American Book Exchange	–	348	OL24243625M
1880	John Wurtele Lovell	–	337	OL7088689M
1879	F. Dümmler	–	298	OL6912698M
1879	John Murray	–	362	OL20397735M
1879	Macmillan	–	416	OL20951158M
1878	Harper & Brothers	–	432	OL6773942M
1876	G. Bell	–	510	OL17606432M
1876	Williams and Norgate	–	213	OL7045462M
1876	G. Bell	–	510	OL15112982M
1874	Frederick Warne and Co.	–	345	OL620885M
1867	Bell & Daldy	–	510	OL6551153M
1864	Williams	–	698	OL7173618M
1863	Henry G. Bohn	–	432	OL620909M
1863	Williams	–	527	OL24781213M
1863	Williams	–	527	OL15253363M
1863	Williams and Norgate	–	527	OL14031656M
1861	Harper & Brothers	–	432	OL6599867M
1860	Harper	–	466	OL7040862M
1854	N. Cooke	–	383	OL7122826M
1853	Ingram, Cooke	–	377	OL6551171M
1853	Henry G. Bohn	–	432	OL24140364M
1851	Bohn	–	484	OL20437250M
1800	Hurst & co.	–	348	OL17781382M
1785	Printed for Alex. Hogg, at the King's Arms, no. 16, Paternos	–	659	OL17926481M
1758	In aedibus Academicis, Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis	–	336	OL18334573M
1664	Excudebat Joan. Field, celeberrimae Acadamiae Typographus	–	742	OL20534265M
1614	By Rich. Field for Nathaniell Butter	–	193	OL3471672M

Questions

How many pages is Ὀδύσσεια?: About 387 pages: that is the median of 340 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 186 to 801 pages.
How long does it take to read Ὀδύσσεια?: About 6 h 49 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is Ὀδύσσεια?: Roughly 106,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).