The Aeneid: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Aeneid runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Callow (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Callow
Simon Callow narrates 55 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 274 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,160 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Aeneid is an audiobook by Robert Fagles and Virgil: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Callow, released November 2, 2006, on the Classics (Literature) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Callow
- Released
- November 2, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781429508445
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Aeneid as an audiobook?
The Aeneid runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Aeneid free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Aeneid?
The Aeneid is narrated by Simon Callow.
Is The Aeneid worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.