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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 454 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,180,328 ratings — published -700
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The Iliad The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 438 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.93 — 505,336 ratings — published -800
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The Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 324 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.75 — 118,093 ratings — published -2000
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The Aeneid The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 296 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.87 — 142,435 ratings — published -19
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The Republic The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 242 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.97 — 224,313 ratings — published -400
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Metamorphoses Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 235 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.10 — 77,770 ratings — published 8
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Meditations Meditations (Paperback)
by (shelved 230 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.28 — 338,202 ratings — published 180
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The Histories The Histories (Paperback)
by (shelved 204 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.01 — 55,297 ratings — published -430
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Oedipus Rex  (The Theban Plays, #1) Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by (shelved 187 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.73 — 235,932 ratings — published -429
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The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (Paperback)
by (shelved 178 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.02 — 46,504 ratings — published -458
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Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3) Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by (shelved 170 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.68 — 175,084 ratings — published -441
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The Symposium The Symposium (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.09 — 88,833 ratings — published -380
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History of the Peloponnesian War History of the Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
by (shelved 157 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.94 — 40,380 ratings — published -411
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The Art of War The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.95 — 564,588 ratings — published -500
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Medea Medea (Paperback)
by (shelved 139 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.95 — 86,523 ratings — published -431
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The Nicomachean Ethics The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.00 — 59,336 ratings — published -350
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Aesop’s Fables Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.05 — 129,360 ratings — published -560
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Tao Te Ching Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.29 — 180,969 ratings — published -350
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Lysistrata Lysistrata (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.86 — 53,134 ratings — published -423
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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.06 — 80,194 ratings — published 2015
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The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.00 — 70,494 ratings — published -450
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Poetics Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.83 — 29,253 ratings — published -335
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The Twelve Caesars The Twelve Caesars (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.03 — 22,673 ratings — published 121
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Beowulf Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.50 — 344,130 ratings — published 1000
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The Golden Ass The Golden Ass (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.85 — 17,083 ratings — published 159
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Apology Apology (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.19 — 66,024 ratings — published -399
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The Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.19 — 80,962 ratings — published -400
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Letters from a Stoic Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.33 — 55,277 ratings — published 64
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,945,975 ratings — published 2011
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Theogony / Works and Days Theogony / Works and Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.76 — 16,288 ratings — published -700
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Politics Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.98 — 42,579 ratings — published -350
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Prometheus Bound Prometheus Bound (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.94 — 21,375 ratings — published -480
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Confessions Confessions (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.99 — 73,353 ratings — published 400
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The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo) The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)
by (shelved 76 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.12 — 45,678 ratings — published -400
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The Analects The Analects (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.80 — 23,898 ratings — published -475
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Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1) Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.26 — 159,737 ratings — published 2017
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The Persian Expedition The Persian Expedition (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.11 — 9,810 ratings — published -400
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The Way Things Are The Way Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.97 — 14,422 ratings — published -55
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The Bacchae The Bacchae (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.94 — 25,163 ratings — published -405
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I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.24 — 72,759 ratings — published 1934
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The Conquest of Gaul The Conquest of Gaul (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.02 — 13,445 ratings — published -50
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,327,256 ratings — published 2018
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.23 — 26,841 ratings — published 2003
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Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica) Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica)
by (shelved 63 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.82 — 11,299 ratings — published -250
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The Satyricon The Satyricon (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.77 — 9,622 ratings — published 60
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If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.43 — 21,446 ratings — published -550
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Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2) Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
by (shelved 59 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.75 — 16,349 ratings — published -401
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,628 ratings — published 2005
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The Annals of Imperial Rome The Annals of Imperial Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.99 — 9,276 ratings — published 116
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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.74 — 12,552 ratings — published 2014
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Confucius
“He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.”
Confucius

Ovid
“Fas est ab hoste doceri.
One should learn even from one's enemies.”
Ovid, Metamorphoses

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