8 must-read mythology books like The Telegony: Rediscovering the Lost Epilogue to Homer's Odyssey (Reconstructing the Lost Epics of the Trojan War Book 2) by D.M. Smith

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The Telegony: Rediscovering the Lost Epilogue to Homer's Odyssey (Reconstructing the Lost Epics of the Trojan War Book 2)

By: D.M. Smith

3.83

Format: 99 pages, Kindle Edition

In classical times, the story of the Trojan War was told in a series of eight epic poems known as t…

If you liked the mythology plot in The Telegony: Rediscovering the Lost Epilogue to Homer's Odyssey (Reconstructing the Lost Epics of the Trojan War Book 2) by D.M. Smith , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Everyman

By: Anonymous , Unknown

3.27

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

Everyman is a medieval morality play that was first performed in the late 15th century. The play te… read more

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  • classics
Cover of The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides by Robert Fagles, Aeschylus, William Bedell Stanford

2. The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

By: Robert Fagles , Aeschylus , William Bedell Stanford

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Alternate covers of this ISBN here, here, here, here. Most recent cover is here. In the Oresteia… read more

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"I cannot not grieve."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Learning comes through pain."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Do I not live? Badly, I know, but I live."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain"

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

Cover of Hesiod: The Works and Days/Theogony/The Shield of Herakles by Hesiod, Richmond Lattimore

3. Hesiod: The Works and Days/Theogony/The Shield of Herakles

By: Hesiod , Richmond Lattimore

4.47

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Three epic poems by Hesiod, the 'other' great epic poet of ancient Greece (along with Homer, his ne… read more

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  • classics
  • mythology

4. Feet of Clay (Discworld, #19; City Watch, #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Sorry?' said Carrot. If it's just a thing, how can it commit murder? A sword is a thing' - he drew… read more

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5. The Fall of Troy

By: Quintus Smyrnaeus

3.80

Format: 25 pages, Hardcover

Some of the major tales in the 'Fall of Troy' are: how the Amazonian Queen, Penthesileia, died for … read more

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6. Jason and the Golden Fleece

By: Apollonius of Rhodes , Richard L. Hunter

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Argonauticais the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with … read more

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7. The Aeneid

By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more

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8. The Library of Greek Mythology

By: None , Robin Hard

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity, the Library of Apollodorusis a uniqu… read more

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9. The World of Odysseus

By: Bernard Knox , Moses I. Finley

4.35

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

The World of Odysseusis a concise and penetrating account of the society that gave birth to the Ili… read more

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10. Homeric Hymns

By: Homer , Jules Cashford , None

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddess… read more

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11. Works and Days (Academic Monograph Reprint)

By: Hesiod , None

3.60

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Hesiod was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. His writings serve… read more

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12. Metamorphoses

By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney

3.99

Format: 240 pages,

Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more

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13. Ilium (Ilium, #1)

By: Dan Simmons

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Trojan War rages at the foot of Olympos Mons on Mars--observed and influenced from on high by Z… read more

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14. Olympos (Ilium, #2)

By: Dan Simmons

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian's Note: Alternate Edition with same isbn & isbn 13: January 2011 THE EXTRAORDINARY AND MA… read more

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15. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)

By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None

5.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

(1939 translation) read more

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Cover of Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3) by Stephen Fry

16. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

By: Stephen Fry

4.35

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more

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  • nonfiction
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"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

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17. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

By: Stephen Fry

4.32

Format: 415 pages, Paperback

There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more

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  • classics
  • nonfiction
  • mythology
"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

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18. Lies We Sing to the Sea

By: Sarah Underwood

3.42

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Each spring, Ithaca condemns twelve maidens to the noose. This is the price vengeful Poseidon deman… read more

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  • mythology
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19. Achilleid

By: Publius Papinius Statius

3.88

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

"One of the most entertaining short narratives of all time, the Achilleid is a stand-alone work of … read more

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  • classics
  • mythology
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20. The Telegony: Rediscovering the Lost Epilogue to Homer's Odyssey (Reconstructing the Lost Epics of the Trojan War Book 2)

By: D.M. Smith

3.83

Format: 99 pages, Kindle Edition

In classical times, the story of the Trojan War was told in a series of eight epic poems known as t… read more

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  • classics
  • nonfiction
  • mythology
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21. The Greek Epic Cycle (Bristol Classical Paperbacks)

By: Malcolm Davies

3.65

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In the wake of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, poets of the seventh and sixth centuries BC composed epic… read more

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8 Best classics books like The Telegony: Rediscovering the Lost Epilogue to Homer's Odyssey (Reconstructing the Lost Epics of the Trojan War Book 2) by D.M. Smith

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Everyman

Anonymous , Unknown

3.27

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The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

Robert Fagles , Aeschylus , William Bedell Stanford

4.01

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Hesiod: The Works and Days/Theogony/The Shield of Herakles

Hesiod , Richmond Lattimore

4.47

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Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

Stephen Fry

4.35

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Hippolytos

Euripides , Robert Bagg

3.81

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Electra

Euripides , Janet Lempke

2.86

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Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne

4.00

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The Bacchae

Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None

3.92

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