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The Iliad
by Homer
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Iliad, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 400
- Reading time
- ≈ 7 h 20 min
- Checkpoints
- 34
- Genre
- Classic
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read The Iliad?
At 400 pages, The Iliad is a fairly long book. Expect about 7 hours 20 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.
At 30 minutes a day, that is about 15 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 6 reading days. For a book of this length (400 to 599 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 5.3 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day15 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)6 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 34 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 12
- Checkpoint 2, page 24
- Checkpoint 3, page 35
- Checkpoint 4, page 47
- Checkpoint 5, page 59
- Checkpoint 6, page 71
- Checkpoint 7, page 82
- Checkpoint 8, page 94
- Checkpoint 9, page 106
- Checkpoint 10, page 118
- Checkpoint 11, page 129
- Checkpoint 12, page 141
- Checkpoint 13, page 153
- Checkpoint 14, page 165
- Checkpoint 15, page 176
- Checkpoint 16, page 188
- Checkpoint 17, page 200
- Checkpoint 18, page 212
- Checkpoint 19, page 224
- Checkpoint 20, page 235
- Checkpoint 21, page 247
- Checkpoint 22, page 259
- Checkpoint 23, page 271
- Checkpoint 24, page 282
- Checkpoint 25, page 294
- Checkpoint 26, page 306
- Checkpoint 27, page 318
- Checkpoint 28, page 329
- Checkpoint 29, page 341
- Checkpoint 30, page 353
- Checkpoint 31, page 365
- Checkpoint 32, page 376
- Checkpoint 33, page 388
- Checkpoint 34, page 400
In Vread, The Iliad is split into 34 checkpoints, one every 12 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.
The challenge: validate all 34 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.
Also available in French on Vread.
Example: the checkpoint 1 question
The Iliad, Homer
To what insects are the old men of Troy compared as they whisper their admiration of Helen's beauty from the walls?
The answer is in the text: reply in the app.
Public-domain work. The answer, and the following questions, unlock in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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