MannaMila Skald: Odyssey Join the beta

Read it. Compare it. Follow it further.

One Odyssey.
A shelf of ways through.

Read all 24 books, catch up on any book in one minute, pair the Greek with nine historical translations, open the art where it meets the text, and turn the museum trail into a real visit.

The reading library lives on your device—ready even in airplane mode.

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$9.99 one time at launch No subscription

Skald reader open to “The Cyclops,” with J. M. W. Turner’s 1829 painting “Ulysses deriding Polyphemus” shown where the scene enters the text.
Art opens at the moment it enters the story.
157 art images
265 in-text placements

Six ways in

The poem stays the same.
What you can do with it changes.

  1. 01

    Read

    The complete journey across all 24 books.

  2. 02

    Catch up

    Get the shape of a book in one minute; add detail at five or twenty.

  3. 03

    Compare

    Keep the Greek beside a retelling or historical translation and switch without losing your place.

  4. 04

    Explore

    Open art where it enters the poem and follow its provenance.

  5. 05

    Share

    Open the share sheet with an art image, its story context, and a catalog link when available.

  6. 06

    Visit

    Browse 152 catalogued works across 47 institutions and plan what to see.

Books we admire

What a book fixes.
What Skald keeps open.

A beautiful edition is worth owning. Skald serves a different role: it keeps the text, Greek, art, maps, and museum trail connected while you read.

Connected, on-device edition

Skald: Odyssey

  • 9 historical translations
  • 3 retelling lengths
  • 157 art images
  • 152 catalogued works
  • 1 Greek dictionary

A printed edition makes its choices once. Skald lets you switch, align, highlight, map, open, and share—without leaving your place.

Beyond fixed facing pages

Greek beside the reading you chose.

A printed Greek-English edition can pair the Greek with one English translation. In Greek view, Skald lets you change between a retelling and any of nine historical editions while the panes track the corresponding passage.

Tap a passage in a full translation to highlight its mapped Greek lines, or tap a Greek word for the on-device dictionary.

Skald split reader with an English retelling aligned beside the original Greek text.
  • 9 complete historical translations
  • 4 languages
  • 12,107 Greek lines
Scroll either pane. The other follows.

Ready for airplane mode

Books travel well.
Skald does too.

All 24 books, three retelling lengths, nine historical translations, the original Greek and dictionary, art, maps, museum guide, and your saved place are installed with Skald.

From takeoff to landing, no connection is needed to read or explore.

No signal
required to read

Opening external catalog or reference pages—or completing a share through an online service—requires connectivity. Disclosed analytics and diagnostics transmit when connectivity is available, but never gate reading.

See it in real life

Read the scene.
Then stand before it.

Browse works shaped by the Odyssey, see where they are held, and use the in-app snapshot to plan what might be on view.

When connected, check the linked institution or reference page before visiting—or share an art card onward.

26 marked on view in the July 2026 snapshot.

Skald museum guide listing Odyssey-related artworks, their museums, cities, and on-view status.
  • 152 catalogued works
  • 47 institutions
  • 38 cities
A museum trail, carried beside the text.

Skald: Odyssey for Android

Carry the long way home.

Nine translations. Three reading lengths. Art, Greek, maps, and museums. One device.

Join the Android beta

$9.99 one time at launch No subscription