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The Odyssey
Begin with Telemachus searching for his missing father, then follow Odysseus home from Troy across the wine-dark sea, past the Cyclops, Circe, and the Sirens, to Ithaca. You make the voyage on foot, on your own everyday walks, wherever you are.
- Distance
- 200 miles (322 km)
- Waypoints
- 17
- Illustrated by
- N. C. Wyeth
Included with StoryTrek+, or buy this journey on its own for $6.99 and keep it.
Two hundred miles of wine-dark sea.
Homer counts the voyage in years and days at sea, never in miles. StoryTrek’s route follows the traditional geography of the Mediterranean, with distances scaled to 200 miles and 17 waypoints drawn from the epic. Every walk, run, or treadmill session your phone records carries you closer to Ithaca.
How long the journey takes
| You walk | You reach the end in |
|---|---|
| 2 miles a day (3 km) | about 14 weeks |
| 3 miles a day (5 km) | about 10 weeks |
| 5 miles a day (8 km) | about 40 days |
| 10 miles a day (16 km) | about 20 days |
A 10,000-step day is roughly 4 to 5 miles, which gets you to the end in about 45 days.
A son’s search, a father’s voyage.
The route opens with Telemachus setting out to learn what became of his father. From there it follows Odysseus from Troy across the sea, past the Cyclops, Circe, the Land of the Dead, and the Sirens, under the wrath of Poseidon, until he finally reaches Ithaca.
Each waypoint pairs one of N. C. Wyeth’s paintings from the 1929 edition with a moment and a quotation from the epic. Reach one, and the next stretch of sea opens. For the full voyage, try The Odyssey: Epic.
Walk it together
Start a company and share the voyage with a friend, a book club, or a whole office. Everyone walks their own miles, wherever they live, and the whole crew makes for the same shore of Ithaca.
Set sail for Ithaca
Ithaca is far.
Start walking.
Download StoryTrek, choose The Odyssey, and take your first step on the voyage home.