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The Canon Part 1: Ancient Literature

All major literature published in the B.C.E. era. In as chronological order as I can make it. Most books will be penguin or other widely available editions out there.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Anonymous
Enuma Elish
Enuma Elish
2
Egyptian Book of The
Egyptian Book of The
3
The Rig Veda (Anonymous)
The Rig Veda
4
Anonymous
Hesiod
Hesiod
5
Sappho: A New Translation (Sappho)
Sappho: A New Translation
6
Sappho
Analects
Analects
7
Pindar Odes
Pindar Odes
8
Herodotus -- The Histories (Herodotus)
Herodotus -- The Histories
9
Herodotus
Thucydides -- The History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides -- The History of the Peloponnesian War
10
Homer -- The Iliad
Homer -- The Iliad
11
The Oddessy
The Oddessy
12
Aesops Fables (Aesop)
Aesops Fables
13
Aesop
The Ramayana
The Ramayana
14
Fragments
Fragments
15
The I Ching, or Book of Changes
The I Ching, or Book of Changes
16
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays (Aeschylus)
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays
17
Aeschylus
Aeschylus (The Oreistea)
Aeschylus
18
The Oreistea
The Three Theban Plays (Sophocles)
The Three Theban Plays
19
Sophocles
Medea and Other Plays (Euripides)
Medea and Other Plays
20
Euripides
Aristophanes
Aristophanes
21
The Mahabharata by Vyasa
The Mahabharata by Vyasa
22
The Trial and Death of Socrates (Plato)
The Trial and Death of Socrates
23
Plato
The Bhagavad Gita (Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa)
The Bhagavad Gita
24
Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
25
Sun Tzu
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
26
Plato
The Persian Expedition (Xenophon)
The Persian Expedition
27
Xenophon
Nichomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Nichomachean Ethics
28
Aristotle
Politics (Aristotle)
Politics
29
Aristotle
Plays and Fragments (Menender)
Plays and Fragments
30
Menender
Poetics
Poetics
31
Mencius (Mencius)
Mencius
32
Mencius
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
33
Lao-Tzu
The Voyage of Argo: The Argonautica
The Voyage of Argo: The Argonautica
34
The Pot of Gold (Plautus)
The Pot of Gold
35
Plautus
The Comedies (Terence)
The Comedies
36
Terence
The Poems of Catullus (Catullus)
The Poems of Catullus
37
Catullus
History of Rome (Livy)
History of Rome
38
Livy
The Complete Odes and Epodes (Horace)
The Complete Odes and Epodes
39
Horace
Eclogues
Eclogues
40
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