Books Prior to the 4th Century

1.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,694 ratings
2.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating — 114,186 ratings
3.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,702 ratings
4.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,682 ratings
5.
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating — 139,140 ratings
6.
The Symposium
The Symposium
by: Plato
4.09 avg rating — 85,859 ratings
7.
Medea
Medea
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 84,383 ratings
8.
Helen
Helen
by: Euripides
3.82 avg rating — 2,758 ratings
9.
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women
by: Euripides
3.88 avg rating — 12,271 ratings
10.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,205 ratings
11.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,016 ratings
12.
The Golden Ass
The Golden Ass
by: Apuleius
3.86 avg rating — 16,754 ratings
13.
The Bacchae
The Bacchae
by: Euripides
3.93 avg rating — 24,376 ratings
14.
Clouds
Clouds 3.61 avg rating — 11,487 ratings
15.
Great Dialogues of Plato
Great Dialogues of Plato
by: Plato
4.18 avg rating — 2,572 ratings
16.
Letters from a Stoic
Letters from a Stoic
by: Seneca
4.33 avg rating — 52,583 ratings
17.
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound
by: Aeschylus
3.93 avg rating — 20,797 ratings
18.
Lysistrata
Lysistrata 3.87 avg rating — 52,372 ratings
19.
Orestes
Orestes
by: Euripides
3.94 avg rating — 2,313 ratings
20.
The Twelve Caesars
The Twelve Caesars
by: Suetonius
4.02 avg rating — 22,151 ratings
21.
Jason and the Golden Fleece
Jason and the Golden Fleece 3.83 avg rating — 11,059 ratings
22.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
by: Ovid
4.10 avg rating — 76,405 ratings
23.
Iphigenia in Aulis (Plays for Performance Series)
Iphigenia in Aulis (Plays for Performance Series)
by: Euripides
4.02 avg rating — 6,068 ratings
24.
Persians
Persians
by: Aeschylus
3.60 avg rating — 4,684 ratings
25.
Birds
Birds 3.84 avg rating — 5,152 ratings
26.
The Frogs
The Frogs 3.79 avg rating — 9,015 ratings
27.
Alcestis
Alcestis
by: Euripides
3.85 avg rating — 4,825 ratings
28.
Hecuba
Hecuba
by: Euripides
3.99 avg rating — 2,988 ratings
29.
The Children of Herakles
The Children of Herakles
by: Euripides
3.26 avg rating — 746 ratings
30.
Daphnis and Chloe
Daphnis and Chloe
by: Longus
3.80 avg rating — 5,584 ratings
31.
The Phoenician Women
The Phoenician Women
by: Euripides
3.71 avg rating — 756 ratings
32.
Iphigeneia in Tauris
Iphigeneia in Tauris
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 2,014 ratings
33.
Hippolytus
Hippolytus
by: Euripides
3.81 avg rating — 6,809 ratings
34.
Wasps
Wasps 3.62 avg rating — 1,391 ratings
35.
The Seven Against Thebes
The Seven Against Thebes
by: Aeschylus
3.73 avg rating — 3,771 ratings
36.
The Persian Expedition
The Persian Expedition
by: Xenophon
4.12 avg rating — 9,589 ratings
37.
Andromache
Andromache
by: Euripides
3.84 avg rating — 1,786 ratings
38.
The Knights
The Knights 3.49 avg rating — 735 ratings
39.
Meditations
Meditations 4.28 avg rating — 320,776 ratings
40.
Rhesos
Rhesos
by: Euripides
3.28 avg rating — 584 ratings
41.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Polybius
4.06 avg rating — 4,810 ratings
42.
Herakles
Herakles
by: Euripides
3.88 avg rating — 1,784 ratings
43.
Cyclops
Cyclops
by: Euripides
3.58 avg rating — 1,384 ratings
44.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
by: Anonymous
3.91 avg rating — 5,990 ratings
45.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Tacitus
4.13 avg rating — 3,900 ratings
46.
Theaetetus
Theaetetus
by: Plato
4.11 avg rating — 6,384 ratings
47.
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by: Aeschylus
4.02 avg rating — 45,636 ratings
48.
Sappho
Sappho
by: Sappho
4.20 avg rating — 7,066 ratings
49.
Euthyphro/Apology/Crito
Euthyphro/Apology/Crito
by: Plato
4.05 avg rating — 1,246 ratings
50.
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
by: Sophocles
3.99 avg rating — 69,739 ratings
51.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,473 ratings
52.
Sophocles II: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4)
Sophocles II: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4)
by: Sophocles
4.13 avg rating — 6,853 ratings
53.
A History of My Times
A History of My Times
by: Xenophon
4.03 avg rating — 3,304 ratings
54.
Theogony
Theogony
by: Hesiod
3.73 avg rating — 6,330 ratings
55.
Works and Days (Academic Monograph Reprint)
Works and Days (Academic Monograph Reprint)
by: Hesiod
3.57 avg rating — 1,740 ratings
56.
Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
by: Sophocles
3.75 avg rating — 15,988 ratings
57.
Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
by: Aeschylus
3.84 avg rating — 22,030 ratings
58.
The Libation Bearers (Oresteia, #2)
The Libation Bearers (Oresteia, #2)
by: Aeschylus
3.81 avg rating — 3,908 ratings
59.
The Discourses
The Discourses
by: Epictetus
4.27 avg rating — 5,536 ratings
60.
Timaeus
Timaeus
by: Plato
3.85 avg rating — 3,221 ratings
60.
The Georgics
The Georgics
by: Virgil
3.73 avg rating — 2,453 ratings
62.
Ion
Ion
by: Euripides
3.71 avg rating — 1,066 ratings
62.
Women of Trachis
Women of Trachis
by: Sophocles
3.84 avg rating — 2,994 ratings
64.
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
by: Plutarch
4.10 avg rating — 5,998 ratings
65.
Plutarch's Lives: Volume II
Plutarch's Lives: Volume II
by: Plutarch
4.19 avg rating — 3,209 ratings
66.
Ajax
Ajax
by: Sophocles
3.92 avg rating — 6,781 ratings
67.
Electra
Electra
by: Sophocles
3.82 avg rating — 13,850 ratings
68.
Philoctetes
Philoctetes
by: Sophocles
3.89 avg rating — 4,936 ratings
69.
Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)
Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)
by: Aeschylus
3.84 avg rating — 4,905 ratings
70.
The Acharnians
The Acharnians 3.41 avg rating — 1,032 ratings
71.
The Tale of Sinuhe: and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 B.C.
The Tale of Sinuhe: and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 B.C. 3.74 avg rating — 425 ratings
72.
Electra
Electra
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 8,155 ratings
73.
Suppliant Women
Suppliant Women
by: Euripides
3.53 avg rating — 855 ratings
74.
Plutus
Plutus 3.59 avg rating — 680 ratings
75.
Poems of Catullus
Poems of Catullus
by: Catullus
4.10 avg rating — 11,444 ratings
76.
Thesmophoriazusae
Thesmophoriazusae 3.70 avg rating — 957 ratings
77.
The Sixteen Satires
The Sixteen Satires
by: Juvenal
3.89 avg rating — 2,833 ratings
78.
Plautus: The Comedies, Volume IV
Plautus: The Comedies, Volume IV 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings
79.
The Comedies
The Comedies
by: Terence
3.79 avg rating — 1,379 ratings
79.
Peace
Peace 3.49 avg rating — 797 ratings
81.
The Ecclesiazusae (or Women in Council)
The Ecclesiazusae (or Women in Council) 3.66 avg rating — 1,983 ratings
82.
Theophrastus: Characters
Theophrastus: Characters 3.69 avg rating — 610 ratings
83.
Charmides
Charmides
by: Plato
3.54 avg rating — 1,540 ratings
84.
Mahabharata
Mahabharata
by: Anonymous
4.32 avg rating — 11,794 ratings
84.
The Suppliant Maidens: With linked Table of Contents
The Suppliant Maidens: With linked Table of Contents
by: Aeschylus
3.42 avg rating — 1,879 ratings
86.
Lysis
Lysis
by: Plato
3.60 avg rating — 1,680 ratings
87.
Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica
Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica
by: Horatius
4.10 avg rating — 737 ratings
88.
Callirhoe
Callirhoe
by: Chariton
3.57 avg rating — 864 ratings
89.
An Ethiopian Romance
An Ethiopian Romance 3.56 avg rating — 730 ratings
90.
Natural History: A Selection
Natural History: A Selection 3.99 avg rating — 582 ratings
91.
The Letters of the Younger Pliny
The Letters of the Younger Pliny 3.92 avg rating — 2,000 ratings
92.
The Jugurthine War / The Conspiracy of Catiline
The Jugurthine War / The Conspiracy of Catiline
by: Sallust
3.84 avg rating — 2,678 ratings
93.
Leucippe and Clitophon
Leucippe and Clitophon 3.66 avg rating — 520 ratings
94.
The Odes
The Odes
by: Pindar
3.85 avg rating — 1,595 ratings
94.
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,936 ratings
96.
The Shield of Heracles
The Shield of Heracles
by: Hesiod
3.36 avg rating — 241 ratings
97.
How Djadja-Em-Ankh Saved the Day: A Tale from Ancient Egypt
How Djadja-Em-Ankh Saved the Day: A Tale from Ancient Egypt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
98.
Conversations of Socrates
Conversations of Socrates
by: Xenophon
4.05 avg rating — 2,905 ratings
99.
The Education of Cyrus
The Education of Cyrus
by: Xenophon
4.13 avg rating — 1,811 ratings
100.
The Symposium
The Symposium
by: Xenophon
3.70 avg rating — 264 ratings
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