Can someone recommend any books similar to the Iliad & The Odyssey?

I have a friend who enjoys reading about Greek history, in particular books similar to the Iliad %26amp; Odyssey. Can someone please recommend any similar books of Greek Literature? I have heard of Hesiod's Works %26amp; Days and Theogony. Are these any good?

Can someone recommend any books similar to the Iliad %26amp; The Odyssey?
The Theogony is very good - it's the history of the gods, so... yea.





I'm more of a Latin scholar than Greek, so I don't have many other suggestions - but The Aeneid should be read by any lover of the Iliad and the Odyssey (it's the Roman equivalent and tells some of the same stories).
Reply:You might enjoy the Mabinogian. Pre-Christian Welsh folklore. I enjoyed the adaptation of the stories by Evangeline Walton.


Many countries have fascinating myths and legends and many of them are of epic proportions. There are often common themes and plots and it is interesting to wonder if they appeared spontaneously in different locations or were brought by enterprising travelling entertainers and adapted to local cultures.
Reply:The Aeneid by Virgil


The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles


The Oresteia: Agamemnon;The Libation Bear by Aeschylus


Ion by Euripides


Protagoras and Meno by Plato
Reply:If he/she does not already have them, I suggest the 'essential companion' for anyone interested in Greek history, namely the two-volume 'The Greek Myths' by Robert Graves. A classic work which has been in print since first published in 1955.
Reply:The Aeneid by Virgil


Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, %26amp; The Eumenides by Aeschylus


Gilgamesh by David Ferry


The Last Days of Socrates by Plato


Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus %26amp; Anigone by Sophocles


Plutarch's Lives edited by Arthur Hugh Clough


Plato's Republic


The Histories by Herodotus