Readership record
Global readership rank#25 of 100
Readership score53.4 / 100
Goodreads ratings273,565
Average rating3.83 / 5
First publishedc. 750 BCE
FormEpic poem
OriginAncient Greek
Length153k words
Appears on
NEH 1984 core listCurriculum survey
Lists used: NEH 1984 core reading list,
a 1,000-voter US school-reading survey, and a consolidated current-curriculum survey.