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The Odyssey: Epic
Follow Odysseus on the whole long voyage home from Troy, through the Cyclops’s cave, Circe’s island, the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, and the Land of the Dead, to Ithaca at last. It is the long way round, and you walk every mile of it on your own everyday walks, wherever you are.
- Distance
- 450 miles (724 km)
- Waypoints
- 25
- Illustrated by
- John Flaxman
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450 miles, the long way home.
Homer never gives the voyage in miles. This route follows the traditional geography associated with it, using real locations where possible and traditional identifications for the rest, with distances scaled and adjusted to 450 miles and 25 waypoints. Every walk, run, or treadmill session your phone records brings you nearer to Ithaca.
How long the journey takes
| You walk | You reach the end in |
|---|---|
| 3 miles a day (5 km) | about 5 months |
| 5 miles a day (8 km) | about 13 weeks |
| 10 miles a day (16 km) | about 45 days |
| 15 miles a day (24 km) | about 30 days |
A 10,000-step day is roughly 4 to 5 miles, which gets you to the end in about 14 weeks.
From the fall of Troy all the way to Ithaca.
The route picks up after the fall of Troy, on the shores of the Aegean, and follows Odysseus through the whole voyage: the Cyclops, Circe, the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, and the Land of the Dead, until he reaches Ithaca at last and takes back his home.
Each waypoint pairs an illustration after John Flaxman’s classical outline drawings with a moment and a quotation from the epic. Reach one, and the next leg of the voyage opens. For a shorter crossing that begins with Telemachus, try The Odyssey.
Walk it together
Start a company and gather a crew: a friend, a book club, or the office down the hall. Each of you walks your own miles, and together you make the long way home to Ithaca.
Take the long way home
Ten years to get home.
Your miles, your pace.
Download StoryTrek, choose The Odyssey: Epic, and start the long voyage from Troy to Ithaca.