italics : reading

greek literature

• jason and the golden fleece (the argonautica) ― apollonius of rhodes
• medea ― euripides
• metamorphoses ― ovid
• oresteia ― aeschylus
• sappho's poems (translated by anne carson)
• the iliad ― homer
• the oddysey ― homer
• the theban plays ― sophocles
• theogony / works and days ― hesiod

roman literature

• the aeneid ― virgil
• the civil war ― julius caesar

retellings

• a thousand ships ― natalie haynes
• ariadne ― jennifer saint
• circe ― madeline miller
• galatea ― madeline miller
• helen of troy ― margaret george
• lore ― alexandra bracken
• piranesi ― susanna clarke
• the penelopeiad ― margaret atwood
• the silence of the girls ― pat barker
• the song of achilles ― madeline miller