18 books like The Trojan War

What to read after The Trojan War — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Omero, Iliade Alessandro Baricco · 2004 · ★ 3.7 · 169p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Guiado por la idea de adaptar el texto para una lectura pública, Alessandro Baricco relee y reescribe la Ilíada de Homero, como si tuviéramos que devolver a Homero allí mismo, a la Ilíada, para contemplar uno de los más majestuosos paisajes de nuestro destino. Shares: Trojan War, Greece, Greek Mythology

A story of the golden age James Baldwin · 1887 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Challenging You have heard of Homer, and of the two wonderful poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which bear his name. No one knows whether these poems were composed by Homer, or whether they are the work of many different poets. And, in fact, it matters very little about their authorship. Everybody agrees that they are the grandest poems ever sung or written or read in this world; and yet, how few persons,… Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

The Song of Troy Colleen McCullough · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 523p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Retelling of the tragic and terrible saga of the Trojan war, a 3000-year-old tale of enduring love, abiding hate, vengeance, betrayal, honour and sacrifice. Shares: Trojan War, Greece, Greek Mythology

De sapientia veterum Francis Bacon · 1609 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Demanding The father of Empiricism, the Elizabethan philosopher Francis Bacon was an advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. His pioneering works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature. This comprehensive eBook presents Bacon’s collected works, with numerous… Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Psyche Erwin Rohde · 1898 · 626p · ≈ 20h · Demanding THIS book offers an account of the opinions held by the Greeks about the life of the human soul after death, and is thus intended as a contribution to the history of Greek religion. Such an undertaking has in a special measure to contend with the difficulties that face any inquiry into the religious life and thought of the Greeks. Greek religion was a natural growth, not a special foundation, and… Shares: Greece, Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Mythe et société en Grèce ancienne Jean-Pierre Vernant · 1974 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This book is a stimulating and largely persuasive collection of essays on the interrelations between social institutions and mythical thinking in ancient Greek society. What is fundamental to the author's approach is a determination to see the meaning of Greek myth and of Greek social institutions in patterns of association and opposition, in the articulations of a system of ideas. It is in this… Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology

Greek myths Geraldine McCaughrean · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Presents retellings of sixteen Greek myths, including the stories of Pandora, Daedalus and Icarus, King Midas, Jason, and Odysseus. Shares: Trojan War, Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Mythology Edith Hamilton · 1940 · ★ 4.0 · 497p · ≈ 16h · Challenging There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology promises the casual reader and the avid student a sound, modern and adult key to the foundation stones of world literature. Her years of study of classical literature have already produced notable books… Shares: Trojan War, Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Grecian and Roman mythology M. A. Dwight · 1849 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Mystagogus poeticus, or, The muses interpreter Ross, Alexander · 1647 · 418p · ≈ 13h · Demanding Shares: Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Grekiska religionens historia Nilsson, Martin P. · 1925 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares: Antiquities, Greece, Greek Mythology

Heroes of Greece and Troy Roger Lancelyn Green · 1960 · 337p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Un acercamiento perfecto para el público más joven a la cultura clásica y sus mitos, en una magistral versión de la última gran leyenda de la Edad Heroica, el asedio de Troya: con su caída comienza la Historia. Roger Lancelyn Green se acerca una vez más a la mitología, en esta ocasión para contar la extraordinaria historia de Helena, cuyo rostro lanzó mil naves al mar, y la del juicio de Paris;… Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology

The story of the Golden Fleece Padraic Colum · 1957 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "Still unequaled as an introduction to the classic myths."—Publishers WeeklyGeared toward young readers, the classic retellings of stories from ancient myth presented in this volume center on the Argonauts' quest for the golden fleece. Generations have thrilled to compelling renditions of the adventures of heroic Jason and the sorceress Medea, mighty Heracles, the minstrel Orpheus, and other… Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology

The Greek myths Robert Graves · 1955 · ★ 4.1 · 412p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Robert Graves, classicist, poet, and unorthodox critic, retells the Greek legends of gods and heroes for a modern audience And, in the two volumes of The Greek Myths, he demonstrates with a dazzling display of relevant knowledge that Greek Mythology is “no more mysterious in content than are modern election cartoons.” His work covers, in nearly two hundred sections, the creation myths; the… Shares: Trojan War, Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Trojan War Blake A. Hoena · 2017 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate What happens when the gods disagree? They send the mightiest of heroes to fight a war. But which hero will you be, and who will you side with: Greece’s King Menelaus or Paris, a prince from the city of Troy? If the gods favor you, you just may survive the fighting. Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology

Psyche Erwin Rohde · 1903 · 626p · ≈ 20h · Challenging THIS book offers an account of the opinions held by the Greeks about the life of the human soul after death, and is thus intended as a contribution to the history of Greek religion. Such an undertaking has in a special measure to contend with the difficulties that face any inquiry into the religious life and thought of the Greeks. Greek religion was a natural growth, not a special foundation, and… Shares: Greece, Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Gods and Heros of Greece W. H. D. Rouse · 1934 · 189p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The Adventures that Shaped the Western WorldFirst published in 1934, Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece has become one of the most popular, enduring--and captivating--retellings of the ancient myths for modern readers. Recognizing the sheer entertainment value of these timeless adventures, world renowned classical scholar W.H.D. Rouse delighted his students at the Perse School in Cambridge,… Shares: Greece, Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology

Stories from Homer Alfred John Church · 1878 · 307p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Homer's epic poem The Odyssey is one of the greatest and most influential literary works ever produced. However, its complex language and dense web of allusions and metaphors can be difficult for some readers to untangle. In The Story of the Odyssey, author Alfred John Church presents a more straightforward rendering of the events related in Homer's version. It's a great introduction to the poem… Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology

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