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The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
1
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
2
Homer
Theogony
Theogony
3
Works and Days (Hesiod)
Works and Days
4
Hesiod
The Odes of Pindar (Pindar)
The Odes of Pindar
5
Pindar
Sappho Poems & Fragments (Sappho, Josephine Balmer)
Sappho Poems & Fragments
6
Sappho, Josephine Balmer
Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
Prometheus Bound
7
Aeschylus
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon
8
Aeschylus
The Libation Bearers (Aeschylus)
The Libation Bearers
9
Aeschylus
The Eumenides (Aeschylus)
The Eumenides
10
Aeschylus
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
11
Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
12
Sophocles
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
13
Sophocles
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
14
Euripides
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
15
Aristophanes
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds
16
Aristophanes
The Frogs (Aristophanes)
The Frogs
17
Aristophanes
Georgics (Virgil)
Georgics
18
Virgil
The Eclogues (Virgil)
The Eclogues
19
Virgil
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
20
Virgil
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
21
Ovid
The Art of Love (Ovid)
The Art of Love
22
Ovid
Horace--Epistles, Odes, and Satires
Horace--Epistles, Odes, and Satires
23
The Golden Ass (Apuleius)
The Golden Ass
24
Apuleius
The Satires of Juvenal (Juvenal and Hubert Creekmore, Trans.)
The Satires of Juvenal
25
Juvenal and Hubert Creekmore, Trans.
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
26
Saint Augustine
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
27
Anonymous
The Song of Roland (Anonymous)
The Song of Roland
28
Anonymous
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
29
Thomas Malory
Letters of Abelard & Heloise (Peter Abelard/Heloise)
Letters of Abelard & Heloise
30
Peter Abelard/Heloise
The Romance of the Rose (Guillaume De Lorris / Jean De Meun)
The Romance of the Rose
31
Guillaume De Lorris / Jean De Meun
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
32
Geoffrey Chaucer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Penguin Classics)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
33
Penguin Classics
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
34
Dante
Purgatorio (Dante)
Purgatorio
35
Dante
Paradise (Dante Alighieri)
Paradise
36
Dante Alighieri
La Vita Nuova (Dante Alighieri)
La Vita Nuova
37
Dante Alighieri
The Poetry of Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca)
The Poetry of Petrarch
38
Francesco Petrarca
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
39
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
40
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