“Acharnians”
| Comedy, Aristophanes, Greek, 425 BCE
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“Aeneid”
| Epic poem, Vergil, Latin/Roman, 19 BCE
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“Aesop’s Fables”
| Fables, Aesop, Greek, c. 550 BCE
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“Agamemnon”
| Tragedy, Aeschylus, Greek, 458 BCE
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“Agamemnon”
| Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, Latin/Roman, c. 55 CE
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“Ajax”
| Tragedy, Sophocles, Greek, c. 444 BCE
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“Alcestis”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, 438 BCE
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“Amores”
| Elegiac poem, Ovid, Latin/Roman, c. 16 BCE
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“Andromache”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, c. 426 BCE
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“Antigone”
| Tragedy, Sophocles, Greek, c. 442 BCE
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“Apocolocyntosis”
| Satire, Seneca the Younger, Latin/Roman, c. 55 CE
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“Argonautica”
| Epic poem, Apollonius of Rhodes, Greek, c. 246 BCE
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“Ars Amatoria”
| Lyric poem, Ovid, Latin/Roman, 1 CE
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“Ars Poetica” (“The Art of Poetry”)
| Lyric poem, Horace, Latin/Roman, c. 18 BCE
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“Bacchae”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, c. 410 BCE
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“Beowulf”
| Epic poem, anonymous, Old English, c. 8th Century CE
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“Bible”
| Religious text, various anonymous authors, Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek, 6th Century BCE – 2nd Century BCE
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“Birds”
| Comedy, Aristophanes, Greek, 414 BCE
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“Bucolics” (“Eclogues”)
| Pastoral poem, Vergil, Latin/Roman, 37 BCE
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“Carmen Saeculare” (“Song of the Ages”)
| Lyric poem, Horace, Latin/Roman, 17 BCE
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“Clouds”
| Comedy, Aristophanes, Greek, 423 BCE
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“Cyclops”
| Tragicomedy (satyr play), Euripides, Greek, c. 408 BCE
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“Dyskolos” (“The Grouch”)
| Comedy, Menander, Greek, c. 316 BCE
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“Ecclesiazusae”
| Comedy, Aristophanes, Greek, 392 BCE
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“Electra”
| Tragedy, Sophocles, Greek, c. 410 BCE
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“Electra”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, c. 418 BCE
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“Gilgamesh”
| Epic poem, anonymous, Sumerian / Mesopotamian / Akkadian, 20th – 10th Century BCE
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“Epistulae VI.16 and VI.20”
| Letters, Pliny the Younger, Latin/Roman, c. 107 CE
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“Epistulae X.96”
| Letters, Pliny the Younger, Latin/Roman, c. 111 CE
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“Eumenides”
| Tragedy, Aeschylus, Greek, 458 BCE
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“Frogs”
| Comedy, Aristophanes, Greek, 405 BCE
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“Georgics”
| Didactic poem, Vergil, Latin/Roman, 29 BCE
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“Hecuba”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, c. 424 BCE
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“Helen”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, 412 BCE
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“Heracleidae”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, c. 430 BCE
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“Heracles”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, c. 416 BCE
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“Hercules Furens” (“The Mad Hercules”)
| Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, Latin/Roman, c. 54 CE
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“Heroides”
| Epistolary poem, Ovid, Latin/Roman, c. 5 BCE
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“Hippolytus”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, 428 BCE
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“Hymn to Aphrodite”
| Lyric poem, Sappho, Greek, c. 570 BCE
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“Iphigenia at Aulis”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, c. 407 BCE
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“Iphigenia in Tauris”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, c. 413 BCE
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“Iliad”
| Epic poem, Homer, Greek, c. 750 BCE
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“Ion”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, c. 413 BCE
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“Libation Bearers”
| Tragedy, Aeschylus, Greek, 458 BCE
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“Knights”
| Comedy, Aristophanes, Greek, 424 BCE
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“Lysistrata”
| Comedy, Aristophanes, Greek, 411 BCE
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“Metamorphoses”
| Epic poem, Ovid, Latin/Roman, 8 CE
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“Medea”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, 431 BCE
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“Medea”
| Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, Latin/Roman, c. 50 CE
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“Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire” (“Catullus 8”)
| Lyric poem, Catullus, Latin/Roman, c. 60 BCE
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“Nunc est bibendum” (“Odes, Book 1, Poem 37”)
| Lyric poem, Horace, Latin/Roman, c. 30 BCE
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“Odi et amo” (“Catullus 85”)
| Lyric poem, Catullus, Latin/Roman, c. 60 BCE
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“Odyssey”
| Epic poem, Homer, Greek, c. 725 BCE
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“Oedipus”
| Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, Latin/Roman, c. 55 CE
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“Oedipus at Colonus”
| Tragedy, Sophocles, Greek, 406 BCE
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“Oedipus the King”
| Tragedy, Sophocles, Greek, c. 429 BCE
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“Olympic Ode 1”
| Lyric poem, Pindar, Greek, 476 BCE
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“Oresteia Trilogy” (“Agamemnon”, “The Libation Bearers”, “The Eumenides”)
| Tragedy, Aeschylus, Greek, 458 BCE
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“Orestes”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, 408 BCE
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“Passer, deliciae meae puellae” (“Catullus 2”)
| Lyric poem, Catullus, Latin/Roman, c. 60 BCE
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“Peace”
| Comedy, Aristophanes, Greek, 421 BCE
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“Persians”
| Tragedy, Aeschylus, Greek, 472 BCE
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“Phaedra”
| Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, Latin/Roman, c. 50 CE
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“Pharsalia” (“De Bello Civili”)
| Epic poem, Lucan, Latin/Roman, 65 CE
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“Philoctetes”
| Tragedy, Sophocles, Greek, 409 BCE
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“Phoenician Women”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, c. 410 BCE
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“Phoenissae” (“The Phoenician Women”)
| Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, Latin/Roman, c. 65 CE
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“Plutus” (“Wealth”)
| Comedy, Aristophanes, Greek, c. 388 BCE
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“Prometheus Bound”
| Tragedy, Aeschylus, Greek, c. 415 BCE
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“Pythian Ode 1”
| Lyric poem, Pindar, Greek, 470 BCE
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“Satire III”
| Satire, Juvenal, Latin/Roman, c. 110 CE
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“Satire VI”
| Satire, Juvenal, Latin/Roman, c. 115 CE
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“Satire X”
| Satire, Juvenal, Latin/Roman, c. 120 CE
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“Seven Against Thebes”
| Tragedy, Aeschylus, Greek, 467 BCE
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“Suppliants”
| Tragedy, Aeschylus, Greek, c. 469 BCE
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“Suppliants”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, 423 BCE
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“Theogony”
| Didactic poem, Hesiod, Greek, c. 700 BCE
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“Thesmophoriazusae”
| Comedy, Aristophanes, Greek, 411 BCE
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“Thyestes”
| Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, Latin/Roman, c. 62 CE
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“Trachiniae”
| Tragedy, Sophocles, Greek, c. 440 BCE
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“Troades” (“The Trojan Women”)
| Tragedy, Seneca the Younger, Latin/Roman, c. 54 CE
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“Trojan Women”
| Tragedy, Euripides, Greek, 415 BCE
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“Tu ne quaesieris” (“Odes, Book 1, Poem 11”)
| Lyric poem, Horace, Latin/Roman, c. 23 BCE
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“Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus” (“Catullus 5”)
| Lyric poem, Catullus, Latin/Roman, c. 65 BCE
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“Wasps”
| Comedy, Aristophanes, Greek, 422 BCE
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“Works and Days”
| Didactic poem, Hesiod, Greek, c. 700 BCE |