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  1. Classical Literature
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Index of Individual Works

  • Acharnians - Comedy, Aristophanes, 425 BCE

  • Aeneid - Epic poem, Vergil, 19 BCE

  • Aesop's Fables - Fables, Aesop, c. 550 BCE

  • Agamemnon - Tragedy, Aeschylus, 458 BCE

  • Agamemnon - Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, c. 55 CE

  • Ajax - Tragedy, Sophocles, c. 444 BCE

  • Alcestis - Tragedy, Euripides, 438 BCE

  • Amores - Elegiac poem, Ovid, c. 16 BCE

  • Andromache - Tragedy, Euripides, c. 426 BCE

  • Antigone - Tragedy, Sophocles, c. 442 BCE

  • Apocolocyntosis - Satire, Seneca the Younger, c. 55 CE

  • Argonautica - Epic poem, Apollonius of Rhodes, c. 246 BCE

  • Ars Amatoria - Lyric poem, Ovid, 1 CE

  • Ars Poetica - Lyric poem, Horace, c. 18 BCE

  • Bacchae - Tragedy, Euripides, c. 410 BCE

  • Beowulf - Epic poem, anonymous, c. 8th century CE

  • Bible - Religious text, various authors, 6th–2nd century BCE

  • Birds - Comedy, Aristophanes, 414 BCE

  • Bucolics - Pastoral poem, Vergil, 37 BCE

  • Carmen Saeculare - Lyric poem, Horace, 17 BCE

  • Clouds - Comedy, Aristophanes, 423 BCE

  • Cyclops - Tragicomedy, Euripides, c. 408 BCE

  • Dyskolos - Comedy, Menander, c. 316 BCE

  • Ecclesiazusae - Comedy, Aristophanes, 392 BCE

  • Electra - Tragedy, Sophocles, c. 410 BCE

  • Electra - Tragedy, Euripides, c. 418 BCE

  • Epistulae VI.16 and VI.20 - Letters, Pliny the Younger, c. 107 CE

  • Epistulae X.96 - Letters, Pliny the Younger, c. 111 CE

  • Eumenides - Tragedy, Aeschylus, 458 BCE

  • Frogs - Comedy, Aristophanes, 405 BCE

  • Georgics - Didactic poem, Vergil, 29 BCE

  • Gilgamesh - Epic poem, anonymous, 20th–10th century BCE

  • Hecuba - Tragedy, Euripides, c. 424 BCE

  • Helen - Tragedy, Euripides, 412 BCE

  • Heracleidae - Tragedy, Euripides, c. 430 BCE

  • Heracles - Tragedy, Euripides, c. 416 BCE

  • Hercules Furens - Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, c. 54 CE

  • Heroides - Epistolary poem, Ovid, c. 5 BCE

  • Hippolytus - Tragedy, Euripides, 428 BCE

  • Hymn to Aphrodite - Lyric poem, Sappho, c. 570 BCE

  • Iliad - Epic poem, Homer, c. 750 BCE

  • Ion - Tragedy, Euripides, c. 413 BCE

  • Iphigenia at Aulis - Tragedy, Euripides, c. 407 BCE

  • Iphigenia in Tauris - Tragedy, Euripides, c. 413 BCE

  • Knights - Comedy, Aristophanes, 424 BCE

  • Libation Bearers - Tragedy, Aeschylus, 458 BCE

  • Lysistrata - Comedy, Aristophanes, 411 BCE

  • Medea - Tragedy, Euripides, 431 BCE

  • Medea - Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, c. 50 CE

  • Metamorphoses - Epic poem, Ovid, 8 CE

  • Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire - Lyric poem, Catullus, c. 60 BCE

  • Nunc est bibendum - Lyric poem, Horace, c. 30 BCE

  • Odi et amo - Lyric poem, Catullus, c. 60 BCE

  • Odyssey - Epic poem, Homer, c. 725 BCE

  • Oedipus - Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, c. 55 CE

  • Oedipus at Colonus - Tragedy, Sophocles, 406 BCE

  • Oedipus the King - Tragedy, Sophocles, c. 429 BCE

  • Olympic Ode 1 - Lyric poem, Pindar, 476 BCE

  • Oresteia Trilogy - Tragedy, Aeschylus, 458 BCE

  • Orestes - Tragedy, Euripides, 408 BCE

  • Passer, deliciae meae puellae - Lyric poem, Catullus, c. 60 BCE

  • Peace - Comedy, Aristophanes, 421 BCE

  • Persians - Tragedy, Aeschylus, 472 BCE

  • Phaedra - Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, c. 50 CE

  • Pharsalia - Epic poem, Lucan, 65 CE

  • Philoctetes - Tragedy, Sophocles, 409 BCE

  • Phoenician Women - Tragedy, Euripides, c. 410 BCE

  • Phoenissae - Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, c. 65 CE

  • Plutus - Comedy, Aristophanes, c. 388 BCE

  • Prometheus Bound - Tragedy, Aeschylus, c. 415 BCE

  • Pythian Ode 1 - Lyric poem, Pindar, 470 BCE

  • Satire III - Satire, Juvenal, c. 110 CE

  • Satire VI - Satire, Juvenal, c. 115 CE

  • Satire X - Satire, Juvenal, c. 120 CE

  • Seven Against Thebes - Tragedy, Aeschylus, 467 BCE

  • Suppliants - Tragedy, Aeschylus, c. 469 BCE

  • Suppliants - Tragedy, Euripides, 423 BCE

  • Theogony - Didactic poem, Hesiod, c. 700 BCE

  • Thesmophoriazusae - Comedy, Aristophanes, 411 BCE

  • Thyestes - Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, c. 62 CE

  • Trachiniae - Tragedy, Sophocles, c. 440 BCE

  • Troades - Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, c. 54 CE

  • Trojan Women - Tragedy, Euripides, 415 BCE

  • Tu ne quaesieris - Lyric poem, Horace, c. 23 BCE

  • Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus - Lyric poem, Catullus, c. 65 BCE

  • Wasps - Comedy, Aristophanes, 422 BCE

  • Works and Days - Didactic poem, Hesiod, c. 700 BCE

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Index of Important Characters

Index of Important Characters

Character Appearances Achilles Homer: Iliad; Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis; Ovid: Heroides, Metamorphoses Aegeus Euripides: Medea; Ovid: Metamorphoses Aegisthus Homer: The Odyssey; Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Oresteia Trilogy, The Libation Bearers, Ores...

October 24th, 2024 • Timeless Myths
Alphabetical List of Authors

Alphabetical List of Authors

Aeschylus - Tragic playwright, 6th–5th century BCE Aesop - Fabulist, 7th–6th century BCE Anonymous (Beowulf) - Old English, c. 8th century CE Apollonius of Rhodes - Epic poet, 3rd century BCE Aristophanes - Comic playwright, 5th–4th century BCE Ca...

October 24th, 2024 • Timeless Myths
Frankish Sources

Frankish Sources

Due to the difference between the Arthurian and Frankish sources, I have decided that the Songs of Deeds (Frankish legend) section should have its own bibliography page. I have not confined the Songs of Deeds to just legends about Charlemagne. I a...

September 27th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Bibliography

Bibliography

Texts Other Texts ReferencesTexts The following books are translations that I have read. If you are interested in reading this literature, then I would highly recommend that you read these books. These books are the main sources of information for...

September 27th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Catullus Translations

Catullus Translations

This page provides access to English translations of all 116 poems (carmina) by the Roman lyric poet Catullus. The poems are traditionally divided into three sections: the polymetra (poems 1-60), longer poems (61-68), and the epigrams (69-116). No...

October 25th, 2024 • Timeless Myths
Invocation of the Muse Odyssey: The Author's Prayer

Invocation of the Muse Odyssey: The Author's Prayer

Invocation of the muse Odyssey, in Greek mythology, refers to the act of the author, Homer, requesting the muse to give him inspiration and blessing as he begins to write his work of literature, The Odyssey. Read on to discover more details about ...

February 16th, 2024 • Ancient Literature
Timeline of Classical Literature

Timeline of Classical Literature

January 1st, 2025 • Ancient Literature
Book of Heroes

Book of Heroes

The Book of Heroes is the collection of creative writings that was written for Timeless Myths since April 2, 1999. These creative writings include the openings of Timeless Myths (e.g. Song of Timeless Myths), and of the subdivisions, e.g. Classica...

October 6th, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Works and Days

Works and Days

(Didactic Poem, Greek, c. 700 BCE, 828 lines)Introduction "Works and Days" (Gr:"Erga kaí Hemérai"; Lat: “Opera et Dies”) is a didactic poem written by the very early ancient Greek poet Hesiod. It was probably written around 700 BCE or earlier and ...

January 1st, 2025 • Ancient Literature
Bibliography

Bibliography

Below are books and websites of my bibliography and the suggested readings for people. Most of these are lists of (translated) literature, such as scriptures of both canonical and non-canonical texts. I have given some websites as well as a list o...

April 2nd, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
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