The Epic of Gilgamesh
Anonymous · Ancient · Epic poetry
Era guide
Ancient
Explore 96 works associated with Ancient in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
The Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
Multiple authors · Ancient · Scripture, poetry, history
The Oresteia
Aeschylus · Ancient · Tragedy
Antigone
Sophocles · Ancient · Tragedy
The Histories
Herodotus · Ancient · History
Medea
Euripides · Ancient · Tragedy
Oedipus the King
Sophocles · Ancient · Tragedy
The Bacchae
Euripides · Ancient · Tragedy
History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides · Ancient · History, political thought
Apology
Plato · Ancient · Philosophy, dialogue
Symposium
Plato · Ancient · Philosophy, dialogue
The Republic
Plato · Ancient · Philosophy
Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle · Ancient · Philosophy
Politics
Aristotle · Ancient · Political philosophy
Poetics
Aristotle · Ancient · Literary criticism
Elements
Euclid · Ancient · Mathematics
Parallel Lives
Plutarch · Ancient · Biography, history
The New Testament
Multiple authors · Ancient · Scripture, theology
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius · Ancient · Philosophy
The Iliad
Homer · Ancient · Epic poetry
The Odyssey
Homer · Ancient · Epic poetry
On the Nature of Things
Lucretius · Ancient · Philosophical poetry
The Aeneid
Virgil · Ancient · Epic poetry
Metamorphoses
Ovid · Ancient · Narrative poetry
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Anonymous · Ancient · Religious / wisdom literature
Theogony
Hesiod · Ancient · Mythic poetry
Works and Days
Hesiod · Ancient · Didactic poetry
Fragments
Sappho · Ancient · Lyric poetry
The Persians
Aeschylus · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Hippolytus
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Clouds
Aristophanes · Ancient · Comedy / satire
The Trojan Women
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Birds
Aristophanes · Ancient · Comedy / satire
Electra
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Lysistrata
Aristophanes · Ancient · Comedy
Electra
Sophocles · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Philoctetes
Sophocles · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Iphigenia at Aulis
Euripides · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
The Frogs
Aristophanes · Ancient · Comedy / satire
Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles · Ancient · Drama / tragedy
Airs, Waters, Places
Hippocrates · Ancient · Medicine / science
On the Sacred Disease
Hippocrates · Ancient · Medicine / science
Aphorisms
Hippocrates · Ancient · Medicine / science
The Hippocratic Oath
Hippocrates · Ancient · Medicine / science
Meno
Plato · Ancient · Philosophy / dialogue
Gorgias
Plato · Ancient · Philosophy / dialogue
Phaedrus
Plato · Ancient · Philosophy / dialogue
Phaedo
Plato · Ancient · Philosophy / dialogue
Timaeus
Plato · Ancient · Philosophy / dialogue
Laws
Plato · Ancient · Philosophy / dialogue
Metaphysics
Aristotle · Ancient · Philosophy
Physics
Aristotle · Ancient · Philosophy
On the Soul
Aristotle · Ancient · Philosophy
Rhetoric
Aristotle · Ancient · Philosophy
The Histories
Polybius · Ancient · History / political thought
Histories
Tacitus · Ancient · History
Epigrams
Martial · Ancient · Epigram / satire
Discourses
Epictetus · Ancient · Philosophy
Annals
Tacitus · Ancient · History
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