I haven't had much luck finding a straight-up audiobook for the original 'Hyacinthus' novel, at least not one that's easy to track down on the major platforms. My searches on Audible and Google Play Books keep pulling up results for non-fiction about the myth or unrelated titles with similar names. Sometimes these older, less commercially massive titles get weird, niche productions or end up on really obscure subscription services from specific libraries. There's a chance a volunteer-led project on a site like Librivox might have a version, but I haven't stumbled across one yet.
If you're really keen to experience it audibly, you might have better luck hunting down a professionally narrated abridged version tucked inside a mythology anthology audiobook – something like 'Greek Myths Retold' or similar compilations often include the Hyacinth and Apollo story. It's frustrating when you just want to listen to the specific text, though. I ended up just reading the ebook and sort of making my own mental audiobook, which isn't quite the same.
From what I can tell, no mainstream audiobook exists, at least not in English. It's a bummer. I love listening to myths during my commute, and the prose in some translations of 'Hyacinthus' is so lyrical it'd be perfect for audio. I've seen a few podcast episodes that cover the myth in detail, almost like a dramatic retelling, but that's not the same as having the actual book narrated chapter by chapter. The market for audiobooks of specific, individual ancient myths (outside of huge collections like Ovid's 'Metamorphoses') seems pretty slim, unless it's been adapted into a modern novelization, which is a whole other thing. I'd snap it up in a heartbeat if one ever drops.
No direct audiobook that I know of. Check if any larger anthology audiobooks like 'The Complete Myths of Ancient Greece' include it in their table of contents. Sometimes they're listed under 'Apollo and Hyacinth' or similar. Librivox is a long shot for a specific text. That's all I got.
Yeah, this one's tricky. I don't believe there's a dedicated, standalone audiobook for 'Hyacinthus' as its own publication. You might find it as part of a larger collection like Bulfinch's or Edith Hamilton's mythology books, which are available on audio. But if you're looking for a specific, modern novel titled 'Hyacinthus' that re-tells the myth, I'd need the author's name to be sure. Those smaller press fiction titles sometimes get audiobooks through sites like Scribd or via indie narrators on YouTube, but it's hit or miss. Without a more specific title, it's hard to give a definitive yes or no. The whole thing feels like a bit of a ghost in the audio world.
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Man, hunting down 'Hyacinthus' as an audiobook was a real journey for me. I kept hitting walls on the big platforms like Audible and Google Play Books. Eventually, I had some luck on a site called Scribd—they have a subscription model, and it popped up there after I dug through some user-uploaded content, though the audio quality wasn't studio-level. It's one of those niche mythological retellings that just doesn't get the mainstream audio treatment.
Your other route might be checking if the author has a personal website or Patreon. Sometimes indie authors self-narrate shorter works and host them directly. I remember the prose being very lyrical, so hearing it read aloud, even by a non-professional, added something special. Just be prepared for a bit of a digital scavenger hunt; it's not sitting there waiting on a front page.