The Long Way Home: The Odyssey | A Calm Greek Myth Story for Sleep

🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ISZ8Pn... Twenty years away from home. Ten at war, and ten more trying to get back. This is the Odyssey, one of the oldest stories in the world, retold slowly and gently for sleep. Calypso's island, the princess by the river, the bag of winds, Circe's house in the woods, the song of the Sirens, the old dog Argos who waited twenty years, the bed built around a living olive tree, and the night the goddess held back the dawn. CHAPTERS 0:00 The singer in the hall 3:23 Twenty years away 6:02 Penelope's loom 9:44 The island of Calypso 13:20 A raft on the wine-dark sea 17:11 The princess by the river 21:14 The palace of the Phaeacians 25:26 The land of the lotus 30:24 The bag of winds 33:37 Circe's island 37:04 The meadow of shadows 40:29 The singing of the Sirens 44:27 Carried home asleep 47:41 The swineherd's hut 52:15 The old dog Argos 56:34 The bow 59:54 The olive tree bed 1:04:00 The longest night No sudden loud sounds. The darker moments of the poem are told briefly and gently. Source: Homer's Odyssey, the ancient Greek epic poem, probably put into its final form around the 7th century BC. The story follows the poem; the real places and history behind it (such as the ruins of Troy at Hisarlik) are marked as such, and imagined scenes are said to be imagined. Which story should I tell next? The gods of Olympus, the last day of Pompeii, a night in a medieval inn, or something else. Tell me in the comments. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Lotus", "Garden Music", "Wholesome", "Dewdrop Fantasy" Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Narration and images are AI-generated.