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Mythos by Stephen Fry
Mythos
Stephen Fry
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Mythology
Edith Hamilton
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
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The Epics

just bards screaming hexameter at each other around a fire

Homeric Hymns
Homeric Hymns
c. 650 BCE
Anonymous

Tragedies

I know what evil I am about to do.

Essential Tragedies

The Bacchae
The Bacchae
406 BCE
Euripides
Hippolytus
Hippolytus
428 BCE
Euripides
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound
c. 457 BCE
Aeschylus
Electra
Electra (Sophocles)
c. 415 BCE
Sophocles
Ajax
Ajax
c. 442 BCE
Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus at Colonus
401 BCE
Sophocles
Alcestis
Alcestis
438 BCE
Euripides
Hecuba
Hecuba
c. 424 BCE
Euripides
Philoctetes
Philoctetes
409 BCE
Sophocles
Iphigenia in Aulis
Iphigenia in Aulis
406 BCE
Euripides
Helen
Helen
412 BCE
Euripides
The Phoenician Women
The Phoenician Women
c. 409 BCE
Euripides
Heracles
Heracles
c. 416 BCE
Euripides
Orestes
Orestes
408 BCE
Euripides
Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris
c. 414 BCE
Euripides

Remaining Plays

The Persians
The Persians
472 BCE
Aeschylus
Seven Against Thebes
Seven Against Thebes
467 BCE
Aeschylus
The Suppliants
The Suppliants (Aeschylus)
c. 463 BCE
Aeschylus
Andromache
Andromache
c. 425 BCE
Euripides
The Suppliants
The Suppliants (Euripides)
c. 422 BCE
Euripides
Ion
Ion
c. 413 BCE
Euripides
The Women of Trachis
The Women of Trachis
c. 438 BCE
Sophocles
Heracleidae
Heracleidae
c. 430 BCE
Euripides
Electra
Electra (Euripides)
c. 420 BCE
Euripides
Cyclops
Cyclops
c. 412 BCE
Euripides
Rhesus
Rhesus
c. 440 BCE
Euripides (disputed)

Later Collections

later classical lore

The Aeneid
The Aeneid [Roman]
c. 19 BCE
Virgil

Further Reading

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▶ Ancient Greek Works & Continuations 9 works
Epic Cycle Fragments Various · c. 7th–6th cent. BCE readbuy
fills everything Homer left out — the full Trojan War cycle
Posthomerica Quintus of Smyrna · c. 3rd cent. AD readbuy
Hesiodic Fragments Hesiod (attr.) · c. 6th cent. BCE readbuy
Shield of Heracles & Catalogue of Women
The Complete Odes Pindar · 498–446 BCE readbuy
only surviving choral lyric poet
Greek Lyric Poetry Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreon · c. 620–490 BCE readbuy
Hymns and Epigrams Callimachus · c. 3rd cent. BCE readbuy
Dialogues of the Gods & of the Dead Lucian · c. 160s–170s AD readbuy
satirical
The Frogs Aristophanes · 405 BCE readbuy
About Dionysus
The Birds Aristophanes · 414 BCE readbuy
▶ Roman Works 5 works
Tragedies Seneca · c. 50s AD readbuy
directly influenced Shakespeare and every renaissance playwright
Heroides Ovid · c. 25–16 BCE readbuy
letters from heroines (Penelope to Odysseus, Ariadne to Theseus)
Thebaid Statius · c. 80–91 AD readbuy
The Golden Asse Apuleius · c. 160s AD readbuy
Argonautica Valerius Flaccus · c. 70–90 AD readbuy
▶ Mythography & Reference 4 works
Description of Greece Pausanias · c. 150–180 AD readbuy
only surviving ancient travel guide to Greece
Fabulae Hyginus · c. 1st–2nd cent. AD readbuy
the other myth handbook besides Apollodorus
Astronomica Hyginus · c. 1st–2nd cent. AD readbuy
Imagines Philostratus · c. 220s AD readbuy
▶ Modern Retellings 5 works
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller · 2011 goodreadsbuy
Circe Madeline Miller · 2018 goodreadsbuy
The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood · 2005 goodreadsbuy
Penelope's story told from Hades
Mythos · Heroes · Troy Stephen Fry · 2017–2020 goodreadsbuy
A Thousand Ships Natalie Haynes · 2019 goodreadsbuy