11 must-read fiction books like Ephesian Tale by Xenophon of Ephesus

Ephesian Tale

By: Xenophon of Ephesus

3.24

Format: None pages, None

An ancient love story between two Ephesians, Abrocomes and Anthia. The two fall in love and get mar…

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Cover of The Double by Margaret Jull Costa, José Saramago

1. The Double

By: Margaret Jull Costa , José Saramago

3.96

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is a history teacher in a secondary school. He is divorced, involved in a … read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered."

-Margaret Jull Costa, The Double

"Reading is probably another way of being in a place."

-Margaret Jull Costa, The Double

"What dogs want most in life is for no one to go away."

-Margaret Jull Costa, The Double

"Cada día que nace es el primero para unos y será el último para otros."

-Margaret Jull Costa, The Double

Cover of Storia vera by Lucian of Samosata, Ugo Montanari, Gianni Toti

2. Storia vera

By: Lucian of Samosata , Ugo Montanari , Gianni Toti

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

La Storia vera, capolavoro di Luciano, viene considerata la prima narrazione fantascientifica, l'an… read more

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  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Twelve Caesars by Robert Graves, Michael    Grant, Suetonius

3. The Twelve Caesars

By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more

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  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • classics
Cover of The Bacchae by Euripides, Kenneth McLeish, None

4. The Bacchae

By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None

3.92

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h… read more

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  • ancient
  • classics
  • fiction
"Cleverness is not wisdom."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"He who believes needs no explanation."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"

-Euripides, The Bacchae

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

5. 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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  • ancient
  • classics
  • fiction
"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 The Eclogues by Virgil, Guy Lee

6. The Eclogues

By: Virgil , Guy Lee

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Haunting and enigmatic, Virgil's Eclogues combined a Greek literary form with scenes from contempor… read more

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  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2) by Sophocles, Eamon Grennan, Rachel Kitzinger

7. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)

By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Leucippe and Clitophon by Achilles Tatius

8. Leucippe and Clitophon

By: Achilles Tatius

4.00

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon is the most bizarre and risque of the five "Greek novels" o… read more

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  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Daphnis and Chloe by Paul Turner, Longus

9. Daphnis and Chloe

By: Paul Turner , Longus

3.68

Format: 593 pages, Paperback

A tender novel describing eager and inept young love, Daphnis and Chloe tells the story of a baby b… read more

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  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • classics
  • fiction

10. Odes and Epodes

By: Horatius , Niall Rudd

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The poetry of Horace (born 65 bc) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private con… read more

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  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) by Aeschylus, Patricia E. Easterling, John Harrison, Judith Affleck, None

11. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None

3.83

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more

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  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • classics
  • fiction
"Every medicine is vain."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"A curse burns bright on crime."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"There is no avoidance in delay."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"In war, the first casualty is truth."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

12. The Satyricon

By: Piero Chiara , Petronius , P.G. Walsh , Federico Roncoroni

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose & poetry (prosimetrum). It… read more

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13. The Golden Ass

By: Apuleius , Jack Lindsay , None

4.30

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

The Golden Assby Apuleius is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only… read more

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14. An Ethiopian Romance

By: Moses Hadas , Heliodorus of Emesa

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Upon a rock sat a maiden of such inexpressible beauty as to be supposed divine. . . . Her head inc… read more

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15. 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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16. Euthyphro

By: Plato , Chris Emlyn-Jones

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaim… read more

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17. Callirhoe

By: G.P. Goold , Chariton

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Chariton's Callirhoe, subtitled Love Story in Syracuse, is a fast-paced historical romance of the f… read more

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18. 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 Apology by Plato, James J. Helm

19. Apology

By: Plato , James J. Helm

4.20

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully def… read more

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  • ancient
  • classics
"Kötülük ölümden daha hızlı koşar."

-Plato, Apology

"Loin de parler quand on me paie, et de me taire quand on me donne rien."

-Plato, Apology

"As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy."

-Plato, Apology

"Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you..."

-Plato, Apology

Cover of In Catilinam 1-2 by Marcus Tullius Cicero

20. In Catilinam 1-2

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

3.91

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

In 63 b.c., Lucius Sergius Catilina, a Roman aristocrat, formed a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman… read more

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  • ancient history
  • classics

21. Ephesian Tale

By: Xenophon of Ephesus

3.24

Format: None pages, None

An ancient love story between two Ephesians, Abrocomes and Anthia. The two fall in love and get mar… read more

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  • classics
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • novels

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