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If this is truly meant to be a list only for books written BC (or before year 1), Seneca and Epictetus would -- unfortunately -- have to go ...

Enrique, it's your list, though -- where do you want to draw the line?

ETA (Jan. 6): I see you amended the list description ... cool, so not only Seneca and Epictetus get to stay now but a few other great authors get to be included as well! :)

[Still too early for Augustine of Hippo, though ... :( (4th century AD)]

I guess St. Augustine is borderline; born in 354.

Susanna wrote: "I guess St. Augustine is borderline; born in 354."

With the once more amended list description (4th instead of 2nd century AD), I'd agree -- though ultimately I do view Augustine as early medieval as well.

Removed.

Why is the King James Bible on this list? If you want to put the torah or another translation that's fine but I think the inclusion of a 17th century book is a bit of a stretch. If we are setting a date to end this list I would go with 476 CE.

Removed:

The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code - it's about the ancient world, but is not an ancient text
The Guardians of Karma - blurb describes it as "science fiction fantasy about prehistoric times," first published in 2013
The Song of Achilles - historical fiction

Also Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography: Studies in Honor of Richard J.A. Talbert doesn't seem to belong on this list unless we want to include later histories such as Gibbon's works.

Didn't see that one; will remove.

Removed:
Of the Andromeda Martian Catastrophe
Helen of Troy
Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
Purgatory Origins: Powers of Darkness
Zurga's Fire
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Hasso wrote: "Why is the King James Bible on this list? If you want to put the torah or another translation that's fine but I think the inclusion of a 17th century book is a bit of a stretch. If we are setting a..."

Or you could go with the actual bible of the actual church that Christ established - the Roman Catholic Bible.

Deleted Aeschylus' "Agamemnon", "The Libation Bearers" and "The Eumenides" as they are already listed in the far more popular collected "The Oresteia".

Deleted "The Oedipus Cycle" (aka "The Theban Plays"), as they are more popular individually than collected (more ratings and also are higher on this list than collected). Also deleted "Oedipus Rex and Antigone", collecting 2 of the 3.

No Callimachus?

Oxalis wrote: "No Callimachus?"

You, or anyone, can add books to the list.

At the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "At the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes.""

Thanks! :-)

Deleted.

There is both "Lysistrata and Other Plays" and "Lysistrata" and "Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs" by Aristophanes.


For Aeschylus, there is "Prometheus Bound and Other Plays" and "Prometheus Bound".

For Plato, there is both "Apology", "Phaedo", "The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo", etc. and " The Collected Dialogues" (containing all of the above.

Can someone please delete the duplicates?

Georgi wrote: "There is both "Lysistrata and Other Plays" and "Lysistrata" and "Four Plays: The Clouds/ThFour Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogse Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs" by Aristophanes.


For Aeschylus, there is "Prometheus Bound and Other Plays"..."

I deleted Lysistrata and Other Plays (which has The Acharnians/The Clouds/Lysistrata) and Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

I added the single works that are subsequently missing: Lysistrata, The Clouds, The Birds, The Frogs, The Acharnians. I've not looked into your other suggestions yet.

Most egregiously, the following are modern historical fiction and should be removed from this list:
#45) Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
#46) Females of Valor by Widad Akreyi
#59) Roots of To-Be Templars by Widad Akreyi
#134) Trinity by the Horns: A Tale of Gods & Bots by Prana Natarajan
#134) America is the True Old World: Mu Discovered by Amunhotep Chavis El-Bey

Also should be removed:
#26) Mahabharata retelling by William Buck (I added an actual translation of the original by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa since I could not find it on the list)
#54) City of God by Augustine of Hippo (written in 426 C.E.; alternatively, the description could be altered to extend through the 5th century which I think is often given as a cut-off between ancient and medieval history)
#134) Symposium/The Phaedrus by Plato (each is already on the list individually)
#134) The Everyday I Ching by Sarah Dening (an actual translation of The I Ching or Book of Changes is already on the list making this redundant at best)
#152) The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir

Not directly related to this list but I don’t know where the else to post regarding the publication dates of the following books:

1) Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty and Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty II by Sima Qian should have a publication date around -94 as Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty I is more correctly listed.

2) The Golden Ass by Apuleius (c. 125 — c. 180 C.E.) should have a publication date in the 2nd century C.E.

Erin wrote: "Most egregiously, the following are modern historical fiction and should be removed from this list:
#45) Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
#46) Females of Valor..."</i>

I removed all those except [book:Mahabharata. That is an edition of the correct book, just not with the primary role as "Anonymous" or "Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa" (whoever is more appropriate) - I don't feel comfortable deleting it and adding a more appropriate edition like Mahabharata.