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149 works · 4485.3k words

Epic, tragedy, comedy, history, philosophy and oratory — in English translations alongside the Greek originals.

Homer2 works · 304.1k words

The blind bard (c. 8th c. BC) — Iliad and Odyssey, the foundation of Western literature. Greek + English.

  • Iliad
    Homer · Greek + English · 173.5k words
    Also in volume: Iliad
  • Odyssey
    Homer · Greek + English · 130.6k words
    Also in volume: Odyssey
Hesiod2 works · 18.4k words

Boeotian poet (c. 700 BC) — Theogony and Works and Days. Greek + English.

Aeschylus7 works · 69.7k words

Father of tragedy (c. 525–456 BC) — seven plays including the Oresteia. Greek + English.

Sophocles7 works · 94.9k words

Master of tragedy (c. 497–406 BC) — Oedipus Rex, Antigone, and five more. Greek + English.

Euripides19 works · 233.6k words

The most modern of the tragedians (c. 480–406 BC) — Medea, Bacchae, and more. Greek + English.

Aristophanes11 works · 111.7k words

The comic poet (c. 446–386 BC) — all eleven comedies, from Clouds to Wealth.

Herodotus2 works · 253.4k words

The Father of History (c. 484–425 BC) — the Histories. Greek + English.

Thucydides1 works · 225.6k words

Historian of Athens (c. 460–400 BC) — the Peloponnesian War. Greek + English.

Plato36 works · 787.7k words

Philosopher of Athens (c. 428–348 BC) — Apology, Republic, Symposium, and more. Greek + English.

Aristotle4 works · 317.0k words
Xenophon6 works · 368.8k words

Soldier and historian (c. 430–354 BC) — Anabasis, Memorabilia. Greek + English.

Greek Orators18 works · 126.3k words

The masters of Athenian rhetoric — Demosthenes, Isocrates, Lysias. Greek + English.

Hellenistic Poets2 works · 58.2k words

Poetry of the Hellenistic age — Apollonius and Theocritus. Greek only.

Polybius1 works · 410.5k words

Historian of Rome's rise (c. 200–118 BC) — the Histories. Greek + English.

Diodorus1 works · 200.6k words
Plutarch14 works · 183.6k words
Epictetus3 works · 144.2k words
Marcus Aurelius1 works · 50.6k words
Numenius1 works · 1.1k words
Plotinus3 works · 316.5k words
Porphyry6 works · 99.3k words
Iamblichus2 works · 109.5k words