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e-artnow presents you the greatest works of ancient Greek literature. The selection of books is based on Yale Department of Classics required reading list. Originally designed for students, this exceptional collection will benefit greatly everyone curious about the history, language, and literary and material culture of ancient Greece. Ancient Greek literature has had a profound impact on western literature at large. In particular, many ancient Roman authors drew inspiration from their Greek predecessors. Ever since the Renaissance, European authors in general, including Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, John Milton, and James Joyce, have all drawn heavily on classical themes and motifs. This collection is a compound of ancient Greek wisdom, presenting all the major works of every genre of Greek literature. Ultimately, it will train you to develop powers of critical analysis by studying the important periods and major authors of Greek literature. By studying the art, history, and cultures of the ancient world you will gain the power to illuminate problems confronting contemporary society.
Homer:
Introduction
Iliad
Odyssey
Homeric Hymns
Hesiod:
Introduction
Works and Days
Theogony
Greek Lyric Poetry:
Archilochus
Alcaeus
Sappho
Alcman
Anacreon
Theognis of Megara
Simonides of Ceos
Bacchylides
Pindar
The Oresteia (Aeschylus):
The Life and Work of Aeschylus
Agamemnon
The Choephori (The Libation-Bearers)
Eumenides
The Tragedies of Sophocles:
The Life and Work of Sophocles
Ajax
Antigone
Oedipus at Colonus
The Tragedies of Euripides:
The Life and Work of Euripides
Medea
Hippolytus
Bacchae
The Comedies of Aristophanes:
The Life and Work of Aristophanes
Frogs
Birds
Lysistrata
Herodotus:
The Life and Work of Herodotus
The Histories
Thucydides:
The Life and Work of Thucydides
History of the Peloponnesian War
Plato:
The Life and Work of Plato
Republic
The Apology of Socrates (Plato)
Symposium (Plato)
Phaedo (Plato)
Aristotle:
The Life and Work of Aristotle
Poetics
Politics
Nicomachean Ethics
The Orations of Lysias
The Philippics (Demosthenes)
Argonautica (Apollonius)
Hymns of Callimachus
The Idylls of Theocritus
The Rise and Fall of Greek Supremasy (Plutarch):
The Life and Work of Plutarch
Biographies:
Theseus
Solon
Themistocles
Aristides
Cimon
Pericles
Nicias
Alcibiades
Phocion
Demosthenes
Epictetus:
The Enchiridion
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