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The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 473 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,214,362 ratings — published -800
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 432 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.93 — 519,369 ratings — published -800
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 338 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.76 — 120,999 ratings — published -1200
The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 297 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.88 — 145,493 ratings — published -19
The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 245 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.97 — 228,865 ratings — published -400
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 243 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.28 — 362,148 ratings — published 180
Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 237 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.10 — 79,319 ratings — published 8
The Histories (Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.01 — 56,284 ratings — published -430
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by (shelved 195 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.73 — 240,172 ratings — published -429
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (Paperback)
by (shelved 177 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.02 — 47,567 ratings — published -458
Antigone (Theban Plays, #3)
by (shelved 173 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.69 — 179,881 ratings — published -441
The Symposium (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.09 — 92,238 ratings — published -380
History of the Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
by (shelved 158 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.95 — 40,977 ratings — published -411
The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.00 — 61,725 ratings — published -350
Medea (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.96 — 88,895 ratings — published -431
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 139 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.94 — 582,118 ratings — published -500
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.05 — 130,292 ratings — published -560
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.29 — 184,856 ratings — published -350
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.05 — 83,898 ratings — published 2015
Lysistrata (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.86 — 54,089 ratings — published -423
Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.83 — 30,070 ratings — published -335
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.00 — 71,390 ratings — published -450
The Twelve Caesars (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.03 — 23,130 ratings — published 121
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.50 — 350,649 ratings — published 1000
Apology (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.19 — 68,896 ratings — published -399
The Golden Ass (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.85 — 17,525 ratings — published 159
Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.32 — 58,333 ratings — published 64
The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.19 — 82,848 ratings — published -400
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,064,661 ratings — published 2011
Theogony / Works and Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.76 — 16,775 ratings — published -700
Prometheus Bound (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.94 — 22,014 ratings — published -480
Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.25 — 168,675 ratings — published 2017
Confessions (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.00 — 75,760 ratings — published 400
The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)
by (shelved 79 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.13 — 46,629 ratings — published -400
Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.98 — 43,358 ratings — published -350
The Analects (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.80 — 24,370 ratings — published -475
The Bacchae (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.94 — 25,904 ratings — published -405
The Persian Expedition (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.11 — 10,074 ratings — published -400
The Way Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.97 — 14,734 ratings — published -55
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,392,391 ratings — published 2018
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 65 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.24 — 73,957 ratings — published 1934
The Conquest of Gaul (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.02 — 13,748 ratings — published -50
Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica)
by (shelved 64 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.82 — 11,582 ratings — published -250
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.23 — 28,341 ratings — published 2003
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.74 — 13,258 ratings — published 2014
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.16 — 12,019 ratings — published 2005
The Satyricon (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.77 — 9,822 ratings — published 60
Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
by (shelved 59 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.75 — 16,770 ratings — published -401
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.43 — 22,159 ratings — published -550
The Annals of Imperial Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.99 — 9,390 ratings — published 116
“Gilgamesh, where are you roaming? You will never find the eternal life that you seek. When the gods created mankind, they also created death, and they held back eternal life for themselves alone. Humans are born, they live, then they die, this is the order that the gods have decreed. But until the end comes, enjoy your life, spend it in happiness, not despair. Savour your food, make each of your days a delight, bathe and anoint yourself, wear bright clothes that are sparkling clean, let music and dancing fill your house, love the child who holds you by the hand, and give your wife pleasure in your embrace. That is the best way for a man to live.”
― The Epic of Gilgamesh
― The Epic of Gilgamesh
“The language of light can only be decoded by the heart.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
