Classical World Reading List

1.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,654 ratings
2.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,636 ratings
3.
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating — 139,140 ratings
4.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,195 ratings
5.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,681 ratings
6.
Meditations
Meditations 4.28 avg rating — 320,722 ratings
7.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
by: Ovid
4.10 avg rating — 76,400 ratings
8.
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,936 ratings
9.
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
by: Sophocles
3.99 avg rating — 69,737 ratings
10.
Medea
Medea
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 84,384 ratings
11.
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by: Aeschylus
4.02 avg rating — 45,634 ratings
12.
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables
by: Aesop
4.05 avg rating — 128,593 ratings
13.
The Twelve Caesars
The Twelve Caesars
by: Suetonius
4.02 avg rating — 22,149 ratings
14.
The Golden Ass
The Golden Ass
by: Apuleius
3.86 avg rating — 16,754 ratings
15.
The Persian Expedition
The Persian Expedition
by: Xenophon
4.12 avg rating — 9,589 ratings
16.
The Trial and Death of Socrates
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by: Plato
4.12 avg rating — 44,775 ratings
17.
Electra
Electra
by: Sophocles
3.82 avg rating — 13,851 ratings
18.
The Conquest of Gaul
The Conquest of Gaul 4.01 avg rating — 13,199 ratings
19.
The Satyricon
The Satyricon
by: Petronius
3.78 avg rating — 9,455 ratings
20.
The Complete Plays of Aristophanes
The Complete Plays of Aristophanes 4.18 avg rating — 2,840 ratings
21.
The Nicomachean Ethics
The Nicomachean Ethics
by: Aristotle
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,307 ratings
22.
Letters from a Stoic
Letters from a Stoic
by: Seneca
4.33 avg rating — 52,572 ratings
23.
Jason and the Golden Fleece
Jason and the Golden Fleece 3.83 avg rating — 11,058 ratings
24.
Lysistrata
Lysistrata 3.87 avg rating — 52,372 ratings
25.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,464 ratings
26.
The Confessions of Saint Augustine
The Confessions of Saint Augustine 3.99 avg rating — 71,260 ratings
27.
Poems
Poems
by: Sappho
4.17 avg rating — 10,971 ratings
28.
Lysistrata and Other Plays
Lysistrata and Other Plays 3.87 avg rating — 52,372 ratings
29.
The Bacchae and Other Plays
The Bacchae and Other Plays
by: Euripides
4.14 avg rating — 6,415 ratings
30.
The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
by: Livy
3.96 avg rating — 9,757 ratings
31.
The History of Rome, Books 21-30: The War with Hannibal
The History of Rome, Books 21-30: The War with Hannibal
by: Livy
4.15 avg rating — 3,750 ratings
32.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,007 ratings
33.
Ajax
Ajax
by: Sophocles
3.92 avg rating — 6,782 ratings
34.
The Essential Writings
The Essential Writings
by: Epictetus
4.22 avg rating — 218 ratings
35.
The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy
by: Boethius
4.05 avg rating — 17,140 ratings
36.
Greek Lives
Greek Lives
by: Plutarch
4.05 avg rating — 691 ratings
37.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems
by: Catullus
4.10 avg rating — 11,443 ratings
38.
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays
by: Aeschylus
3.99 avg rating — 8,683 ratings
39.
Selected Political Speeches
Selected Political Speeches 4.06 avg rating — 1,686 ratings
40.
The Rise of the Roman Empire
The Rise of the Roman Empire
by: Polybius
4.06 avg rating — 4,810 ratings
41.
Politics
Politics
by: Aristotle
3.98 avg rating — 41,881 ratings
42.
The Fall of the Roman Republic
The Fall of the Roman Republic
by: Plutarch
4.11 avg rating — 4,125 ratings
43.
Makers of Rome
Makers of Rome
by: Plutarch
4.19 avg rating — 2,169 ratings
44.
Hippolytus
Hippolytus
by: Euripides
3.81 avg rating — 6,809 ratings
45.
Theogony / Works and Days
Theogony / Works and Days
by: Hesiod
3.76 avg rating — 15,867 ratings
46.
Homeric Hymns
Homeric Hymns
by: Homer
4.05 avg rating — 6,435 ratings
47.
The Sixteen Satires
The Sixteen Satires
by: Juvenal
3.89 avg rating — 2,833 ratings
48.
The Agricola and The Germania
The Agricola and The Germania
by: Tacitus
3.97 avg rating — 5,966 ratings
49.
Symposium/The Phaedrus
Symposium/The Phaedrus
by: Plato
3.94 avg rating — 1,169 ratings
50.
Mênon (Bibliotheca Antiqua, #1)
Mênon (Bibliotheca Antiqua, #1)
by: Plato
3.93 avg rating — 9,939 ratings
51.
Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
by: Aeschylus
3.84 avg rating — 22,029 ratings
52.
Apology
Apology
by: Plato
4.19 avg rating — 63,752 ratings
53.
A History of My Times
A History of My Times
by: Xenophon
4.03 avg rating — 3,304 ratings
54.
The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
by: Plutarch
4.08 avg rating — 1,964 ratings
54.
The Seven Against Thebes
The Seven Against Thebes
by: Aeschylus
3.72 avg rating — 3,770 ratings
56.
The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives
The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives
by: Plutarch
4.14 avg rating — 2,878 ratings
57.
On Sparta
On Sparta
by: Plutarch
4.12 avg rating — 1,918 ratings
58.
The Collected Dialogues
The Collected Dialogues 4.43 avg rating — 781 ratings
59.
An Ethiopian Romance
An Ethiopian Romance 3.56 avg rating — 730 ratings
59.
The Life of Alexander the Great
The Life of Alexander the Great
by: Plutarch
4.14 avg rating — 2,878 ratings
61.
The Campaigns of Alexander
The Campaigns of Alexander
by: Arrian
4.16 avg rating — 5,245 ratings
61.
Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)
Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)
by: Aeschylus
3.84 avg rating — 4,905 ratings
63.
Ten Plays
Ten Plays
by: Euripides
4.14 avg rating — 2,313 ratings
64.
On the Republic / On the Laws
On the Republic / On the Laws 3.89 avg rating — 2,698 ratings
65.
The Annals of Imperial Rome
The Annals of Imperial Rome
by: Tacitus
3.98 avg rating — 9,162 ratings
66.
The Letters of the Younger Pliny
The Letters of the Younger Pliny 3.92 avg rating — 1,999 ratings
67.
The Civil Wars
The Civil Wars
by: Appian
4.03 avg rating — 1,253 ratings
68.
The Library of Greek Mythology
The Library of Greek Mythology 3.91 avg rating — 2,414 ratings
69.
The Civil War
The Civil War 4.07 avg rating — 7,110 ratings
70.
The Later Roman Empire (A.D. 354-378)
The Later Roman Empire (A.D. 354-378) 4.07 avg rating — 1,269 ratings
71.
The Essential Writings
The Essential Writings 4.10 avg rating — 398 ratings
72.
Oidipous & Antigone
Oidipous & Antigone
by: Sophocles
3.75 avg rating — 2,791 ratings
72.
The Geography of Strabo
The Geography of Strabo
by: Strabo
4.36 avg rating — 75 ratings
72.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,503 ratings
75.
Medea & Bakchanten
Medea & Bakchanten
by: Euripides
4.01 avg rating — 106 ratings
75.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,103 ratings
77.
Suppliant Women
Suppliant Women
by: Euripides
3.53 avg rating — 855 ratings
77.
Lessen in liefde
Lessen in liefde
by: Ovid
3.71 avg rating — 7,287 ratings
79.
Germania
Germania
by: Tacitus
3.88 avg rating — 1,902 ratings
79.
Hecuba
Hecuba
by: Euripides
3.99 avg rating — 2,987 ratings
81.
Plautus : The Comedies Vol. I (Complete Roman Drama in Translation, Vol. 1)
Plautus : The Comedies Vol. I (Complete Roman Drama in Translation, Vol. 1) 3.47 avg rating — 17 ratings
81.
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women
by: Euripides
3.88 avg rating — 12,271 ratings
83.
Plautus: The Comedies, Volume IV
Plautus: The Comedies, Volume IV 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings
84.
Plautus: The Comedies, Volume II
Plautus: The Comedies, Volume II 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
84.
The Phoenissae
The Phoenissae
by: Euripides
3.71 avg rating — 756 ratings
86.
Plautus: The Comedies Vol. III (Complete Roman Drama in Translation, Volume III)
Plautus: The Comedies Vol. III (Complete Roman Drama in Translation, Volume III) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
87.
Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
by: Sophocles
3.75 avg rating — 15,986 ratings
88.
Electra
Electra
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 8,154 ratings
89.
Iphigenia in Aulis (Plays for Performance Series)
Iphigenia in Aulis (Plays for Performance Series)
by: Euripides
4.02 avg rating — 6,065 ratings
90.
The Bacchae
The Bacchae
by: Euripides
3.93 avg rating — 24,376 ratings
91.
Poetics
Poetics
by: Aristotle
3.83 avg rating — 28,472 ratings
91.
Orestes
Orestes
by: Euripides
3.94 avg rating — 2,313 ratings
93.
Ion
Ion
by: Euripides
3.71 avg rating — 1,066 ratings
94.
Andromache
Andromache
by: Euripides
3.84 avg rating — 1,786 ratings
95.
Alcestis
Alcestis
by: Euripides
3.85 avg rating — 4,823 ratings
96.
Iphigeneia in Tauris
Iphigeneia in Tauris
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 2,014 ratings
97.
Helen
Helen
by: Euripides
3.82 avg rating — 2,757 ratings
98.
Philoctetes
Philoctetes
by: Sophocles
3.89 avg rating — 4,936 ratings
99.
The Children of Heracles
The Children of Heracles
by: Euripides
3.26 avg rating — 746 ratings
100.
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound
by: Aeschylus
3.93 avg rating — 20,796 ratings
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