The Iliad: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Iliad runs 16.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alfred Molina (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.1 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 149 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
317 Classics (Literature) 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 Iliad is an audiobook by Stephen Mitchell: a 16.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Alfred Molina, released March 1, 2012, on the Classics (Literature) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alfred Molina
- Released
- March 1, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Poetry
- ISBN
- 9781538484180
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Iliad as an audiobook?
The Iliad runs 16.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.
Is The Iliad free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Iliad?
The Iliad is narrated by Alfred Molina.
Is The Iliad worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.4 hours.