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ancient Greece Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of Classical Antiquity, classical antiquity ( AD 600), th ...
and ancient Greek culture, including Magna Graecia and
Hellenistic In Classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in ...
kingdoms. Titles include:


Books


Bronze Age and mythistoricals


Atlantis

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Poul Anderson Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until the 21st century. Anderson wrote also historical novels. His awards include seven Hugo Awards and ...
, '' The Dancer from Atlantis'' (1971)


Crete


=Daedalus

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Michael Ayrton Michael Ayrton (20 February 1921 – 16 November 1975)T. G. Rosenthal, "Ayrton , Michael (1921–1975)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008accessed 24 Jan 2015/ref> was a British arti ...
** ''The Testament of Daedalus'' (1962) ** ''The Maze Maker'' (1967) * Erick Berry, ''Winged Girl of Knossos'' (1933) * Ernst Schnabel, ''Story for Icarus'' (1958)


=Theseus, Ariadne, Circe, Phaedra

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Eleanor Farjeon Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Several of her works had illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been ...
, '' Ariadne and the Bull'' (1945) *
André Gide André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1947). Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism ...
, ''Theseus'' (1946) *
Roger Lancelyn Green Roger Gilbert Lancelyn Green (2 November 1918 – 8 October 1987) was a British biographer and children's writer. He was an Oxford academic who formed part of the Inklings literary discussion group along with C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkie ...
, '' Mystery at Mycenae'' (1957) *
Madeline Miller Madeline Miller (born July 24, 1978) is an American novelist, author of ''The Song of Achilles'' (2011) and ''Circe'' (2018). Miller spent ten years writing ''The Song of Achilles'' while she worked as a teacher of Latin and Greek. The novel tell ...
, ''
Circe Circe (; grc, , ) is an enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Greek mythology and religion. She is either a daughter of the Titan Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse or the goddess Hecate and Aeëtes. Circe was renowned for her vas ...
'' (2018) *
Steven Pressfield Steven Pressfield (born September 1, 1943) is an American author of historical fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays, including his 1995 novel '' The Legend of Bagger Vance'' and 2002 non-fiction book '' The War of Art''. Early life Pressfi ...
, '' Last of the Amazons'' (2002) *
Mary Renault Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault ("She always pronounced it 'Ren-olt', though almost everyone would come to speak of her as if she were a French car." ), was an English writer best ...
, "Thesead" ** ''
The King Must Die ''The King Must Die'' is a 1958 bildungsroman and historical novel by Mary Renault that traces the early life and adventures of Theseus, a hero in Greek mythology. It is set in locations throughout Ancient Greece: Troizen, Corinth, Eleusis, A ...
'' (1958) ** ''
The Bull from the Sea ''The Bull from the Sea'' is the sequel to Mary Renault's ''The King Must Die''. It continues the story of the Greek mythology, mythological hero Theseus after his return from Crete. Plot introduction The story is a retelling of the life of m ...
'' (1962) *
Tony Robinson Sir Anthony Robinson (born 15 August 1946) is an English actor, author, broadcaster, comedian, presenter, and political activist. He played Baldrick in the BBC television series ''Blackadder'' and has presented several historical documentarie ...
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Richard Curtis Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis (born 8 November 1956) is a New Zealand-born British screenwriter, producer and film director. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known primarily for romantic comedy films, among them '' ...
, '' Theseus: The King Who Killed the Minotaur'' (1988) *
Fred Saberhagen Fred Thomas Saberhagen (May 18, 1930 – June 29, 2007) was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his ''Berserker'' series of science fiction short stories and novels. Saberhagen also wrote a series of vampire novels in ...
, '' Ariadne's Web'' (2000) *
Ian Serraillier Ian Serraillier (24 September 1912 – 28 November 1994) was an English novelist and poet. He retold legends from England, Greece and Rome and was best known for his children's books, especially '' The Silver Sword'' (1956), a wartime adventure s ...
, '' The Way of Danger'' (1962) * Althea Urn, '' Five Miles from Candia'' (1959)


=Miscellaneous Minoan

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Moyra Caldecott Moyra Caldecott (1 June 1927 – 23 May 2015)Kevan Manwaring"Moyra Caldecott obituary" ''The Guardian'', 8 June 2005. was a British author of historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction and non-fiction. Her works include ''Guardians of the Tall ...
, '' The Lily and the Bull'' (1979) *
Paul Capon Harry Paul Capon (18 December 1912, in Kenton, Suffolk – 24 November 1969) was a British author who wrote fiction in various genres. He also worked as an editor in three films for Maurice Elvey (1887–1967), as an administrator in film and TV ...
, '' The Kingdom of the Bulls'' (1961) * Kristmann Gudmundsson, '' Winged Citadel'' (1940) *
Nikos Kazantzakis Nikos Kazantzakis ( el, ; 2 March (Old Style and New Style dates, OS 18 February) 188326 October 1957) was a Greeks, Greek writer. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in ni ...
, '' At the Palaces of Knossos'' (1981) * Dmitri Merezhkovsky, '' The Birth of the Gods'' (1924) * S.V. Peddle ( Vince Peddle & Sandra Peddle), '' The Moon Maiden'' (2003) * Richard Purtill ** '' The Golden Gryphon Feather'' (1979) ** '' The Stolen Goddess'' (1980) *
Thomas Burnett Swann Thomas Burnett Swann (October 12, 1928 - May 5, 1976) was an American poet, critic and fantasy author. His criticism includes works on the poetry of H.D. and Christina Rossetti. Poetry Swann's poetry consists largely of short, whimsical pieces e ...
** '' The Forest of Forever'' (1971) ** '' Cry Silver Bells'' (1977) ** '' The Day of the Minotaur'' (1966) * James Watson, '' The Bull Leapers'' (1970)


Hercules, Jason et al.

* Ivor Bannet, ''The Amazons'' (1948) * Otar Chiladze, '' A Man Was Going Down the Road'' (1973) *
John Gregory Betancourt John Gregory Betancourt (born October 25, 1963) is an American writer of science fiction, fantasy and mystery novels, as well as short stories. He is also known as the founder and publisher, with his wife Kim Betancourt, of Wildside Press in 198 ...
** '' Hercules: The Gates of Hades'' (2001) ** '' Hercules: The Vengeance of Hera'' (1997) ** '' Hercules: The Wrath of Poseidon'' (1997) * Ken Catran, '' Voyage with Jason'' (2000) * Keith DeCandido ** '' Cheiron's Warriors'' (1999) ** '' The Ares Alliance'' (2000) * Tobias Druitt, '' Corydon and the Island of Monsters'' (2005) * Robert Graves, '' The Golden Fleece'' (U.K.) aka ''Hercules, My Shipmate'' (U.S.) (1945) *
Kerry Greenwood Kerry Isabelle Greenwood (born 1954) is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted as the popular tele ...
, ''Medea'' (1997) * Edison Marshall, '' Earth Giant'' (1960) *
Fred Saberhagen Fred Thomas Saberhagen (May 18, 1930 – June 29, 2007) was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his ''Berserker'' series of science fiction short stories and novels. Saberhagen also wrote a series of vampire novels in ...
** '' God of the Golden Fleece'' (2001) ** '' The Arms of Hercules'' (2000) ** '' The Face of Apollo'' (1999) *
Ian Serraillier Ian Serraillier (24 September 1912 – 28 November 1994) was an English novelist and poet. He retold legends from England, Greece and Rome and was best known for his children's books, especially '' The Silver Sword'' (1956), a wartime adventure s ...
, '' The Clashing Rocks'' (1963) * Miranda Seymour, ''Medea'' (1972) *
Henry Treece Henry Treece (22 December 1911 – 10 June 1966) was a British poet and writer who also worked as a teacher and editor. He wrote a range of works but is mostly remembered as a writer of children's historical novels. Life and work Treece wa ...
, ''Jason'' (1961) *
Christa Wolf Christa Wolf (; née Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a German novelist and essayist.
Barbara Gard ...
, '' Medea: A Novel'' (1998) *
Jane Yolen Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 350 books, of which the best known is ''The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. He ...
& Robert J. Harris, '' Jason and the Gorgon's Blood'' (2004)


Trojan War

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Pat Barker Patricia Mary W. Barker, (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and pl ...
, ''
The Silence of the Girls ''The Silence of the Girls'' is a 2018 novel by English novelist Pat Barker. It recounts the events of the ''Iliad'' chiefly from the point of view of Briseis. Plot summary The plot begins when Greeks led by Achilles sack Lyrnessus, describin ...
'' (2018) *
Marion Zimmer Bradley Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels, and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel ''The Mists of Avalon'' an ...
, '' The Firebrand'' (1987) * Nancy Bogen, '' Klytaimnestra, Who Stayed at Home'' (1980) *
Lindsay Clarke Lindsay Clarke (born 1939, Halifax, West Yorkshire) is a British novelist. He was educated at Heath Grammar School in Halifax and at King's College, Cambridge. The landscape of hills, moors and crags around Halifax informed the growth of his ima ...
, '' The War at Troy'' (2004) *
Elizabeth Cook Elizabeth Cook (born July 18, 1972) is an American country music singer and radio host. She has made over 400 appearances on the Grand Ole Opry since her debut on March 17, 2000, despite not being a member. Cook, "the daughter of a hillbilly s ...
, ''Achilles'' (2003) * Caroline B. Cooney, ''
Goddess of Yesterday ''Goddess of Yesterday'' is a 2002 novel by Caroline B. Cooney based on the Trojan War from Greek mythology. The book was nominated for the South Carolina Junior Book Award, and was a 2003 ALA Notable Children's Book for Older Readers Plot Anaxa ...
'' (2002) (aka ''On the Seas to Troy'', UK, 2004) * Donald Cotton, ''
The Myth Makers ''The Myth Makers'' is the third serial of the third season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Written by Donald Cotton and directed by Michael Leeston-Smith, the serial was broadcast on BBC1 in four weekly parts ...
'', a '' Doctor Who'' serial (1965) *
Gordon Doherty Gordon Doherty is a Scottish historical novelist whose works centre mainly on Classical Antiquity. Biography Graduating from university with a degree in Physics, Gordon pursued a career in the science and technology sector. In his spare time, ...
** '' The Crimson Throne'' (2021) ** '' The Shadow of Troy'' (2021) ** '' The Dark Earth'' (2022) * Bernard Evslin, ''The Trojan War'' (1971) *
David Gemmell David Andrew Gemmell (; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, ''Legend''. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. H ...
** '' Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow'' (2005) ** '' Troy: Shield of Thunder'' (2006) *
Adèle Geras Adèle Daphne Geras (née Weston; born 15 March 1944) is an English writer for young children, teens and adults. Early life Geras was born in Jerusalem, British Mandatory Palestine to British Jewish parents. Her father (later a lawyer and Hi ...
, ''
Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Ç ...
'' (2000) * Noel B. Gerson, '' The Trojan'' (1962) *
Roger Lancelyn Green Roger Gilbert Lancelyn Green (2 November 1918 – 8 October 1987) was a British biographer and children's writer. He was an Oxford academic who formed part of the Inklings literary discussion group along with C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkie ...
, ''The Luck of Troy'' (1961) * Judith Hand, '' The Amazon and the Warrior'' (2004) * Terence Hawkins, '' The Rage of Achilles'' (2009) *
Natalie Haynes Natalie Louise Haynes (born 1974) is an English writer, broadcaster, classicist, and comedian. Early life Haynes was born in Birmingham, where she attended King Edward VI High School for Girls. She read Classics at Christ's College, Cambridge, ...
, '' A Thousand Ships'' (2019) *
Tom Holland Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, three Saturn Awards, a Guinness World Record and an appearance on the ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 Europe list. Some publications h ...
, '' The Poison in the Blood'' (2006) * Jack Lindsay, '' Cressida's First Lover'' (1931) *
Valerio Massimo Manfredi Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 8 March 1943) is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist. Biography He was born in Piumazzo di Castelfranco Emilia province of Modena and, after getting a degree in Classical Arts a ...
, '' The Talisman of Troy'' (2004) *
Colleen McCullough Colleen Margaretta McCullough (; married name Robinson, previously Ion-Robinson; 1 June 193729 January 2015) was an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being '' The Thorn Birds'' and ''The Ladies of Missalonghi''. Life ...
, '' The Song of Troy'' (1998) * Maude Meagher, '' The Green Scamander'' (1933) *
Mark Merlis Mark Merlis (March 9, 1950 – August 15, 2017An Arrow's Flight'' (1998) *
Madeline Miller Madeline Miller (born July 24, 1978) is an American novelist, author of ''The Song of Achilles'' (2011) and ''Circe'' (2018). Miller spent ten years writing ''The Song of Achilles'' while she worked as a teacher of Latin and Greek. The novel tell ...
, ''
The Song of Achilles ''The Song of Achilles'' is a 2011 novel by American writer Madeline Miller. Set during the Greek Heroic Age, it is an adaptation of Homer's ''Iliad'' as told from the perspective of Patroclus. The novel follows Patroclus' relationship with Achi ...
'' (2011) *
Christopher Morley Christopher Darlington Morley (May 5, 1890 – March 28, 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures.''Online Literature'' Biography Morley was bo ...
, '' The Trojan Horse'' (1937) * Phillip Parotti ** '' The Greek Generals Talk'' (1986) ** '' The Trojan Generals Talk'' (1988) * Richard Powell, ''
Whom the Gods Would Destroy The saying Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad, sometimes given in Latin as ''Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat'' (literally: Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason) or ''Quem Iuppiter vult perdere, dementa ...
'' (1970) *
Laura Riding Laura Riding Jackson (born Laura Reichenthal; January 16, 1901 – September 2, 1991), best known as Laura Riding, was an American poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer. Early life She was born in New York City to Nathan ...
, '' A Trojan Ending'' (1937) *
S.P. Somtow S. P. Somtow (a rearrangement of his real name Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul; th, สมเถา สุจริตกุล; ; born 30 December 1952) is a Thai-American musical composer. He is also a science fiction, fantasy, and horror author ...
, '' The Shattered Horse'' (1986) *
S. M. Stirling Stephen Michael Stirling (born September 30, 1953) is a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author who was born in France. Stirling is well known for his Draka series of alternate history novels and his later time travel/alternate hi ...
** '' Against the Tide of Years'' (1999) ** '' On the Oceans of Eternity'' (2000) *
Rex Stout Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and ...
, '' The Great Legend'' (1916) *
Henry Treece Henry Treece (22 December 1911 – 10 June 1966) was a British poet and writer who also worked as a teacher and editor. He wrote a range of works but is mostly remembered as a writer of children's historical novels. Life and work Treece wa ...
, '' The Windswept City'' (1967) *
Barry Unsworth Barry Unsworth FRSL (10 August 19304 June 2012) was an English writer known for his historical fiction. He published 17 novels, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel '' Sacred Hunger''. Biograph ...
, '' The Songs of the Kings'' (2002) * Tyrone Walls, '' To Die Like an Amazon'' (2002)


Helen

* John Erskine, ''
The Private Life of Helen of Troy ''The Private Life of Helen of Troy'' is a 1927 American silent film about Helen of Troy based on the 1925 novel of the same name by John Erskine, and adapted to screen by Gerald Duffy. The film was directed by Alexander Korda and starred Marí ...
'' (1925) * Margaret George, ''Helen of Troy'' (2006) * H. Rider Haggard &
Andrew Lang Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University o ...
, '' The World's Desire'' (1890) * Eva Hemmer Hansen, '' Scandal in Troy'' (1956) *
Kevin Mathews Kevin Mathews (born 15 February 1961) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter and film music composer. Watchmen Mathews formed The Watchmen in 1989 with his Anglo Chinese School classmates Tony and James Makarome. Originally a five-man band called ...
, ''Helen of Troy'' (1965) * Richard Purtill, '' The Mirror of Helen'' (1983) * Miranda Seymour, ''Goddess'' (1979) * Edward Lucas White, ''Helen'' (1925)


Cassandra

* Hilary Bailey, '' Cassandra, Princess of Troy'' (1993) *
Marion Zimmer Bradley Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels, and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel ''The Mists of Avalon'' an ...
, '' The Firebrand'' (1987) *
Kerry Greenwood Kerry Isabelle Greenwood (born 1954) is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted as the popular tele ...
, ''Cassandra'' (1995) *
Ursule Molinaro Ursule Molinaro (1916, Paris –10 July 2000, New York City) was a prolific novelist, playwright, translator and visual artist, the author of 12 novels, two collections of short prose works, innumerable short stories for literary magazines and doz ...
, '' The Autobiography of Cassandra, Princess and Prophetess of Troy'' (1979) * Georgia Sallaska, '' Priam's Daughter'' (1970) *
Christa Wolf Christa Wolf (; née Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a German novelist and essayist.
Barbara Gard ...
, ''
Cassandra Cassandra or Kassandra (; Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα, , also , and sometimes referred to as Alexandra) in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be belie ...
'' (1983)


Odysseus

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John Arden John Arden (26 October 1930 – 28 March 2012) was an English playwright who at his death was lauded as "one of the most significant British playwrights of the late 1950s and early 60s". Career Born in Barnsley, son of the manager of a glass f ...
, '' Cogs Tyrannic'' (1991) * Margaret Atwood, ''
The Penelopiad ''The Penelopiad'' is a novella by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It was published in 2005 as part of the first set of books in the ''Canongate Myth Series'' where contemporary authors rewrite ancient myths. In ''The Penelopiad'', Penelope remi ...
'' (2005) *
Lindsay Clarke Lindsay Clarke (born 1939, Halifax, West Yorkshire) is a British novelist. He was educated at Heath Grammar School in Halifax and at King's College, Cambridge. The landscape of hills, moors and crags around Halifax informed the growth of his ima ...
, The Return from Troy (2005) * H. C. Crew, ''
The Lost King ''The Lost King'' is a 2022 British comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, based on the 2013 book ''The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III'' by Philippa Langley and Michael Jones. It is a dr ...
'' (1929) * John Erskine, '' Penelope's Man: The Homing Instinct'' (1928) * François Fénelon, '' The Adventures of Telemachus'' (1699) *
Adèle Geras Adèle Daphne Geras (née Weston; born 15 March 1944) is an English writer for young children, teens and adults. Early life Geras was born in Jerusalem, British Mandatory Palestine to British Jewish parents. Her father (later a lawyer and Hi ...
, '' Ithaka'' (2000) * Robert Graves, ''
Homer's Daughter ''Homer's Daughter'' is a 1955 novel by British author Robert Graves, famous for ''I, Claudius'' and ''The White Goddess''. The novel starts from the idea that Homer's ''Odyssey'' was written by a princess in the Greek settlements in Sicily. Th ...
'' (1955) * Eyvind Johansson, '' Return to Ithaca ''(1952) *
Eden Phillpotts Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for ten years before studying for the stage a ...
, '' Circé's Island'' (1926) *
Tony Robinson Sir Anthony Robinson (born 15 August 1946) is an English actor, author, broadcaster, comedian, presenter, and political activist. He played Baldrick in the BBC television series ''Blackadder'' and has presented several historical documentarie ...
&
Richard Curtis Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis (born 8 November 1956) is a New Zealand-born British screenwriter, producer and film director. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known primarily for romantic comedy films, among them '' ...
** '' Odysseus: The Greatest Hero of Them All'' (1986) ** '' Odysseus: The Journey through Hell'' (1987) *
Paul Shipton Paul Shipton (born 1963) is an English children's author. He was born in Manchester and attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Manchester University. After completing two master's degrees (in Classics and Philosophy), he taught English in Is ...
, ''
The Pig Scrolls ''The Pig Scrolls'' (2004), by Paul Shipton, is a young adult comedy adventure novel about a talking pig (Gryllus) and his endeavours to save the world. The novel is set in Ancient Greece with many, often comical, references to ancient Greek my ...
'' (2004) * Ernst Schnabel, ''The Voyage Home'' (1958) *
Jane Yolen Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 350 books, of which the best known is ''The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. He ...
& Robert J. Harris, '' Odysseus in the Serpent Maze'' (2001)


Miscellaneous Mycenaean

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John Barth John Simmons Barth (; born May 27, 1930) is an American writer who is best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include ''The Sot-Weed Factor'', a sa ...
, ''
Chimera Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimaira (Greek for " she-goat") originally referred to: * Chimera (mythology), a fire-breathing monster of Ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals * Mount Chimaera, a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilici ...
'' (1972) *
Roberto Calasso Roberto Calasso (30 May 1941 – 28 July 2021) was an Italian writer and publisher. Apart from his mother tongue, Calasso was fluent in French, English, Spanish, German, Latin and ancient Greek. He also studied Sanskrit. He has been called "a l ...
, '' The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony'' (1993) *
Paul Capon Harry Paul Capon (18 December 1912, in Kenton, Suffolk – 24 November 1969) was a British author who wrote fiction in various genres. He also worked as an editor in three films for Maurice Elvey (1887–1967), as an administrator in film and TV ...
** '' Warrior's Moon'' (1960) ** '' Lord of the Chariots'' (1962) *
Maurice Druon Maurice Druon (23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999. Life and career Born in Paris, France, Druon was the s ...
, '' The Memoirs of Zeus'' (1964) * John Erskine, '' Venus: The Lonely Goddess'' (1949) * Jackie French, ''Oracle'' (2010) *
Roger Lancelyn Green Roger Gilbert Lancelyn Green (2 November 1918 – 8 October 1987) was a British biographer and children's writer. He was an Oxford academic who formed part of the Inklings literary discussion group along with C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkie ...
, '' The Land Beyond the North'' (1958) *
Kerry Greenwood Kerry Isabelle Greenwood (born 1954) is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted as the popular tele ...
, '' Electra'' (1996) *
Victoria Grossack Johann Rafelski (born 19 May 1950) is a German-American theoretical physicist. He is professor of Physics at The University of Arizona in Tucson, guest scientist at CERN (Geneva), and has been LMU-Excellent Guest Professor at the Ludwig Maximili ...
& Alice Underwood, ''Iokaste'' (2004) * Pierre Louys, The Twilight of The Nymphs (1928) *
Ursule Molinaro Ursule Molinaro (1916, Paris –10 July 2000, New York City) was a prolific novelist, playwright, translator and visual artist, the author of 12 novels, two collections of short prose works, innumerable short stories for literary magazines and doz ...
, '' Power Dreamers: The Jocasta Complex'' (1995) * Phillip Parotti, '' Fires in the Sky'' (1990) *
John Cowper Powys John Cowper Powys (; 8 October 187217 June 1963) was an English philosopher, lecturer, novelist, critic and poet born in Shirley, Derbyshire, where his father was vicar of the parish church in 1871–1879. Powys appeared with a volume of verse ...
, ''
Atlantis Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works '' Timaeus'' and '' Critias'', wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that b ...
'' (1954) *
Steven Pressfield Steven Pressfield (born September 1, 1943) is an American author of historical fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays, including his 1995 novel '' The Legend of Bagger Vance'' and 2002 non-fiction book '' The War of Art''. Early life Pressfi ...
, '' Last of the Amazons'' (2002) *
Mary Ray Mary Ray is a professional dog trainer located in the UK. She is generally credited with creation of heelwork to music in the United Kingdom. Obedience Ray has qualified nine dogs to work Championship ‘C’ Obedience; seven Border Collies ...
** '' Standing Lions'' (1968) ** '' Shout against the Wind'' (1970) ** '' Song of Thunder'' (1978) ** '' The Golden Bees'' (1984) * Georgia Sallaska ** '' Three Ships and Three Kings'' (1969) ** '' The Last Heracles'' (1974) *
Gladys Schmitt Gladys Leonore Schmitt (May 31, 1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – October 3, 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American writer, editor, and professor. Described by the ''Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph'' in 1942 as one of the city's "literary ...
, ''Electra'' (1966) *
Ian Serraillier Ian Serraillier (24 September 1912 – 28 November 1994) was an English novelist and poet. He retold legends from England, Greece and Rome and was best known for his children's books, especially '' The Silver Sword'' (1956), a wartime adventure s ...
, '' The Gorgon's Head'' (1961) *
George Shipway George Shipway (25 May 1908–1982) was a British author best known for his historical novels, but he also tried his hand at political satire in his book ''The Chilian Club''. Military career George Frederick Morgan Shipway was born on 25 May 1 ...
** '' Warrior in Bronze'' (1977) ** '' King in Splendour'' (1979) *
Henry Treece Henry Treece (22 December 1911 – 10 June 1966) was a British poet and writer who also worked as a teacher and editor. He wrote a range of works but is mostly remembered as a writer of children's historical novels. Life and work Treece wa ...
** ''The Golden One'' (1961) ** ''Electra'' (1963) ** ''Oedipus'' (1964)


Based on a television program

* Mel Odom, ''
Young Hercules ''Young Hercules'' is a prequel series to the television series ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' the originally aired on Fox Kids Network. It premiered on September 12, 1998 and ended on May 14, 1999, with a total of 50 episodes over the co ...
'' (1999)


Archaic Greece


Sappho

* Peter Green, '' The Laughter of Aphrodite'' (1965) *
Erica Jong Erica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American novelist, satirist, and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel ''Fear of Flying''. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured pro ...
, '' Sappho's Leap'' (2003) *
Martha Rofheart Martha Rofheart (born Martha Jane Jones, 1917–1990) was an American writer of historical novels, an actress and early in her career, a model. Early life She was born Martha Jane Jones, May 27, 1917 in Louisville, Kentucky, to Evan Jones a ...
, '' Burning Sappho'' (1974) *
Thomas Burnett Swann Thomas Burnett Swann (October 12, 1928 - May 5, 1976) was an American poet, critic and fantasy author. His criticism includes works on the poetry of H.D. and Christina Rossetti. Poetry Swann's poetry consists largely of short, whimsical pieces e ...
, '' Wolfwinter'' (1972)


Aesop

* John Vornholt, '' The Fabulist'' (1993)


Miscellaneous Archaic

*
Georg Ebers Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, 1 March 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, 7 August 1898) was a German Egyptologist and novelist. He is best known for his purchase of the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical documents in the world. Life Geo ...
, '' An Egyptian Princess'' (1864) * Ernst Eckstein, ''Aphrodite'' (1886) * Nigel Frith, ''Olympiad'' (1988) * Tom Holt, ''Olympiad'' (2000) * David Pownall, '' The Sphinx and the Sybarites'' (1993) *
Mary Ray Mary Ray is a professional dog trainer located in the UK. She is generally credited with creation of heelwork to music in the United Kingdom. Obedience Ray has qualified nine dogs to work Championship ‘C’ Obedience; seven Border Collies ...
, '' The Voice of Apollo'' (1964) *
Mary Renault Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault ("She always pronounced it 'Ren-olt', though almost everyone would come to speak of her as if she were a French car." ), was an English writer best ...
, '' The Praise Singer'' (1979) *
George R. Stewart George Rippey Stewart (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1959 book, ''Pickett's Charge'', a detailed history of the final ...
, '' Years of the City'' (1955) *
Ivan Yefremov Ivan Antonovich (real patronymic Antipovich) Yefremov ( ru , Ива́н Анто́нович (Анти́пович) Ефре́мов; April 23, 1908 – October 5, 1972; last name sometimes transliterated as Efremov) was a Soviet paleonto ...
, '' The Land of Foam'' (1958)


5th century BCE


Persian Wars

* John Buchan, '' The Moon Endureth'' (short story "The Lemnian") (1912) * John Burke, '' The Lion of Sparta'' (1961) *
Christian Cameron Christian Gordon Cameron (born August 16, 1962) also writes under the pen names ''Miles Cameron'' and ''Gordon Kent'' (used only for those novels written with his father, author Kenneth Cameron). Christian, a Canadian novelist, was educated and t ...
, ''The Long War'' ** ''Killer of Men'' (2010) ** ''Marathon'' (2011) ** ''Poseidon's Spear'' (2012) ** ''The Great King'' (2014) ** ''Salamis'' (2015) ** ''The Rage of Ares'' (2016) * William Stearns Davis, '' A Victor of Salamis: A Tale of the Days of Xerxes, Leonidas, and Themistocles'' (1907) * Clare Winger Harris, '' Persephone of Eleusis'' (1923) * Edward Bulwer-Lytton, '' Pausanias, the Spartan'' (1873) *
Valerio Massimo Manfredi Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 8 March 1943) is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist. Biography He was born in Piumazzo di Castelfranco Emilia province of Modena and, after getting a degree in Classical Arts a ...
, ''Spartan'' (2002) * Jon Edward Martin, '' In Kithairon's Shadow'' (2003) * Roderick Milton, '' Tell Them in Sparta'' (1962) * Margarett Mirley ** '' The Leave-Takers'' (2004) ** '' Dream-Thoughts'' (2004) ** ''Trysts'' (2004) *
Steven Pressfield Steven Pressfield (born September 1, 1943) is an American author of historical fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays, including his 1995 novel '' The Legend of Bagger Vance'' and 2002 non-fiction book '' The War of Art''. Early life Pressfi ...
, ''
Gates of Fire ''Gates of Fire'' is a 1998 historical fiction novel by Steven Pressfield that recounts the Battle of Thermopylae through Xeones, a perioikos (free but non-citizen inhabitant of Sparta) born in Astakos, and one of only three Greek survivors ...
'' (1998) *
Mary Renault Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault ("She always pronounced it 'Ren-olt', though almost everyone would come to speak of her as if she were a French car." ), was an English writer best ...
, '' The Lion in the Gateway'' (1964) * Caroline Snedeker ** '' The Perilous Seat'' (1923) ** ''The Spartan'' (1911) * L. Sprague de Camp, '' The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate'' (1961) *
Gore Vidal Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner. Vidal was bisexual, and in his novels and e ...
, ''
Creation Creation may refer to: Religion *''Creatio ex nihilo'', the concept that matter was created by God out of nothing * Creation myth, a religious story of the origin of the world and how people first came to inhabit it * Creationism, the belief tha ...
'' (1982) *
Jill Paton Walsh Gillian Honorine Mary Herbert, Baroness Hemingford, (née Bliss; 29 April 1937 – 18 October 2020), known professionally as Jill Paton Walsh, was an English novelist and children's writer. She may be known best for her Booker Prize-nominated n ...
, '' Farewell, Great King'' (1972) *
Gene Wolfe Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and nove ...
** ''
Soldier of the Mist ''Soldier of the Mist'' is a 1986 historical fantasy novel by American writer Gene Wolfe, published by Gollancz in the UK and then Tor Books in the US. It has two sequels: '' Soldier of Arete'' (1989) and '' Soldier of Sidon'' (2006). ''Soldier ...
'' (1986) ** '' Soldier of Arete'' (1989) ** '' Soldier of Sidon'' (2006)


Pericles and/or Aspasia

*
Gertrude Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American author. Paterson, Isabel, "Gertrude Atherton: A Personality" The Bookman'', New York, February 1924, (pgs. 632-636) Many of her novels are set in her home sta ...
, '' The Immortal Marriage'' (1927) *
Taylor Caldwell Janet Miriam Caldwell (September 7, 1900August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her mar ...
, '' Glory and the Lightning'' (1974) * Robert Hamerling, ''Aspasia'' (1875) * W. Savage Landor, '' Pericles and Aspasia'' (1836) *
Margery Lawrence Margery Lawrence (8 August 1889 – 13 November 1969) (pseudonym of Mrs. Arthur E. Towle) was an English romantic fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction and detective fiction author who specialized in ghost stories.Stefan Dziemianowicz, "Lawre ...
, '' The Gate of Yesterday'' (1960) *
Rex Warner Rex Warner (9 March 1905 – 24 June 1986) was an English classicist, writer, and translator. He is now probably best remembered for ''The Aerodrome'' (1941).Chris Hopkins, ''English Fiction in the 1930s: Language, Genre, History'' Continuum Inte ...
, '' Pericles the Athenian'' (1963)


Alcibiades

*
Gertrude Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American author. Paterson, Isabel, "Gertrude Atherton: A Personality" The Bookman'', New York, February 1924, (pgs. 632-636) Many of her novels are set in her home sta ...
, '' The Jealous Gods'' (1928) * Charles H. Bromby, ''Alkibiades'' (1905) *
Daniel Chavarría Daniel Chavarría (23 November 1933 – 6 April 2018) was a Uruguayan revolutionary, writer and translator, who lived in Cuba since the 1960s. He had a son with Dora Salazar, Daniel Chavarria, and raised his sister. Life and works Daniel Chava ...
, '' The Eye of Cybele'' (2002) *
Anna Bowman Dodd Anna Bowman Dodd (, Blake; January 21, 1858 - January 1929) was an American author from New York. Her first book was ''Cathedral Days'' (Boston, 1887), and her second '' The Republic of the Future'' (New York, 1887), was also successful. She publi ...
, '' On the Knees of the Gods'' (1908) * Peter Green, '' Achilles His Armour'' (1955) * Gertrude R. Levy, '' The Violet Crown'' (1954) * M. Pardoe, '' Argle's Oracle'' (1959) *
Steven Pressfield Steven Pressfield (born September 1, 1943) is an American author of historical fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays, including his 1995 novel '' The Legend of Bagger Vance'' and 2002 non-fiction book '' The War of Art''. Early life Pressfi ...
, '' Tides of War'' (2000) *
Rosemary Sutcliff Rosemary Sutcliff (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. Although she was primarily a children's author, some of her novel ...
, '' The Flowers of Adonis'' (1969)


Socrates Socrates (; ; –399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no te ...

*
Paul Levinson Paul Levinson (born March 25, 1947) is an American author, singer-songwriter, and professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University in New York City. His novels, short fiction, and non-fiction works have been translated into ...
, '' The Plot to Save Socrates'' (2006) * Cora Mason, ''Socrates'' (1953) *
Fritz Mauthner Fritz Mauthner (22 November 1849 – 29 June 1923) was an Austrian novelist, theatre critic and satirist. He was an exponent of philosophical scepticism derived from a critique of human knowledge and of philosophy of language. Mauthner was bo ...
, '' Mrs. Socrates'' (1926) *
Mary Renault Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault ("She always pronounced it 'Ren-olt', though almost everyone would come to speak of her as if she were a French car." ), was an English writer best ...
, ''
The Last of the Wine ''The Last of the Wine'' is Mary Renault's first novel set in ancient Greece, the setting that would become her most important arena. The novel was published in 1956 and is the second of her works to feature male homosexuality as a major them ...
'' (1956) *
Geoffrey Trease (Robert) Geoffrey Trease FRSL (11 August 1909 – 27 January 1998) was a prolific British writer who published 113 books, mainly for children, between 1934 and 1997, starting with '' Bows Against the Barons'' and ending with ''Cloak for a Spy'' ...
, ''
The Crown of Violet ''The Hills of Varna'' (published in the USA as ''Shadow of the Hawk'') is a children's historical novel by Geoffrey Trease, published in 1948. It is an adventure story based on the revival of classical scholarship in the Renaissance. Plot Intro ...
'' aka ''Web of Traitors'' (U.S.) (1952)


Miscellaneous 5th century

* A. J. Church, '' Callias: A Tale of the Fall of Athens'' (1892) * I. O. Evans, '' Olympic Runner'' (1955) * Richard Garfinkle, '' Celestial Matters'' (1996) * Tom Holt, Walled Orchard series ** ''Goatsong: A Novel of Ancient Athens'' (1989) ** ''The Walled Orchard'' (1991) *
John Galen Howard John Galen Howard (May 8, 1864 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts – July 18, 1931 in San Francisco, California) was an American architect and educator who began his career in New York before moving to California. He was the principal architect at in ...
, ''Pheidias'' (1929) *
Noel Langley Noel Langley (25 December 1911 – 4 November 1980) was a South African-born (later naturalised American) novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director. He wrote the screenplay which formed the basis for the 1939 film '' The Wizard of Oz'' an ...
, '' Nymph in Clover'' (1948) * Edward Leatham, '' Charmione: A Tale of the Great Athenian Revolution'' (1859) * Jon Edward Martin, '' Shades of Artemis'' (2004) *
Iona McGregor Iona McGregor (192914 March 2021) was a Scottish author and teacher best known for her written work and her contributions to gay rights activism, especially from the 1970's onwards. She worked with the Scottish Minorities Group in Glasgow (and ...
, '' The Snake and the Olive'' (1974) * Naomi Mitchison, ''Cloud Cuckoo Land'' (1925) * George Moore, '' Aphrodite in Aulis'' (1931) * Nicholas Nicastro, '' The Isle of Stone: A Novel of Ancient Sparta'' (2005) * Jan Parandowski, '' The Olympic Discus'' (1939) *
Mary Renault Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault ("She always pronounced it 'Ren-olt', though almost everyone would come to speak of her as if she were a French car." ), was an English writer best ...
** ''
The Mask of Apollo ''The Mask of Apollo'' is a historical novel written by Mary Renault. Set in the ancient Greek world during the 4th century BC, the novel is written as the first-person narrative of a fictional character, Nikeratos (or 'Niko'), an actor. Through ...
'' (1966) ** '' The Praise Singer'' (1978) * Caroline Snedeker, '' Theras and His Town'' (1925) *
José Carlos Somoza José Carlos Somoza Ortega (born 13 November 1959) is a Spanish author. He was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1960 his family moved to Spain after being exiled for political reasons. His family proved to be in difficult financial situation after havi ...
, '' The Athenian Murders'' (2002) *
Henry De Vere Stacpoole Henry de Vere Stacpoole (9 April 1863 – 12 April 1951) was an Irish author. His best-known work is the 1908 romance novel '' The Blue Lagoon'', which has been adapted into multiple films. He published using his own name and sometimes the pseud ...
, '' The Street of the Flute-Player'' (1912) * Arthur S. Way, '' Sons of the Violet-Crowned'' (1929) * Christoph Martin Wieland, ** '' The Story of Agathon'' (1766-7) ** '' The Republic of Fools'' (1774) *
Frank Yerby Frank Garvin Yerby ( – ) was an American writer, best known for his 1946 historical novel ''The Foxes of Harrow''. Early life Yerby was born in Augusta, Georgia, on September 5, 1916, the second of four children of Rufus Garvin Yerby (1886– ...
, '' Goat Song'' (1967)


4th century BCE


Xenophon

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Michael Curtis Ford Michael Curtis Ford is an American historical novelist, writing novels about Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece. He has worked variously as a laborer, a ski patrolman, a musician, a consultant, a banker, a Latin teacher, and a translator. He holds d ...
, '' The Ten Thousand'' (2001) *
Xenophon of Ephesus Xenophon of Ephesus ( el, Ξενοφῶν ὁ Εφέσιος; fl. 2nd century – 3rd century AD) was a Greek writer.''Suda'' ξ 50 His surviving work is the '' Ephesian Tale of Anthia and Habrocomes'', one of the earliest novels as well as ...
, ''
Ephesian Tale The ''Ephesian Tale of Anthia and Habrocomes'' ( el, Ἐφεσιακά or Τὰ κατὰ Ἀνθίαν καὶ Ἁβροκόμην) by Xenophon of Ephesus is an Ancient Greek novel written before the late 2nd century AD. Translator Graham Ander ...
of Anthia and Habrocomes'' (2nd century)


Alexander the Great

* Anna Apostolou ** '' A Murder in Macedon'' (1997) ** '' A Murder in Thebes'' (1998) *
Konrad Bercovici Konrad Bercovici (1882–1961) was an American writer. Life and career Born in Romania, into a non-observing Jewish family, in 1882, Konrad Bercovici grew up chiefly in Galaţi. His family was polyglot, teaching their children Greek, Romanian, F ...
, ''Alexander ''(1928) * Ben Bova, '' Orion and the Conqueror'' (1994) *
Mary Butts Mary Francis Butts, (13 December 1890 – 5 March 1937) also Mary Rodker by marriage, was an English modernist writer. Her work found recognition in literary magazines such as '' The Bookman'' and ''The Little Review'', as well as from fellow mo ...
, '' The Macedonian'' (1933) *
Christian Cameron Christian Gordon Cameron (born August 16, 1962) also writes under the pen names ''Miles Cameron'' and ''Gordon Kent'' (used only for those novels written with his father, author Kenneth Cameron). Christian, a Canadian novelist, was educated and t ...
, ''God of War'' (2012) * A. J. Church, '' A Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the Great'' (1890) * Paul C. Doherty ** '' The House of Death'' (2001) ** '' The Godless Man'' (2002) ** ''
The Gates of Hell ''The Gates of Hell'' (french: La Porte de l'Enfer) is a monumental bronze sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from the '' Inferno'', the first section of Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy''. It stands at ...
'' (2003) *
Maurice Druon Maurice Druon (23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999. Life and career Born in Paris, France, Druon was the s ...
(Maurice Kessel), '' Alexander the God'' (1960) *
David Gemmell David Andrew Gemmell (; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, ''Legend''. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. H ...
** ''
Lion of Macedon David Andrew Gemmell (; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, ''Legend''. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. H ...
'' (1990) ** ''Dark Prince'' (1993) * Tom Holt, '' Alexander at the World's End'' (1999) *
Nikos Kazantzakis Nikos Kazantzakis ( el, ; 2 March (Old Style and New Style dates, OS 18 February) 188326 October 1957) was a Greeks, Greek writer. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in ni ...
, ''
Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...
'' (1941) *
Harold Lamb Harold Albert Lamb (September 1, 1892 – April 9, 1962) was an American writer, novelist, historian, and screenwriter. In both his fiction and nonfiction work, Lamb gravitated toward subjects related to Asia and Middle East. Lamb was an advocat ...
, ''Alexander of Macedon'' (1946) *
Valerio Massimo Manfredi Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 8 March 1943) is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist. Biography He was born in Piumazzo di Castelfranco Emilia province of Modena and, after getting a degree in Classical Arts a ...
** '' Alexander: Child of a Dream'' (2001) ** '' Alexander: The Sands of Ammon'' (2001) ** '' Alexander: The Ends of the Earth'' (2001) *
Klaus Mann Klaus Heinrich Thomas Mann (18 November 1906 – 21 May 1949) was a German writer and dissident. He was the son of Thomas Mann, a nephew of Heinrich Mann and brother of Erika Mann, with whom he maintained a lifelong close relationship, and Golo ...
, '' Alexander: a Novel of Utopia'' 1929) * Edison Marshall, ''The Conqueror'' (1962) *
Aubrey Menen Salvator Aubrey Clarence Menen (22 April 1912 – 13 March 1989) was a British writer, novelist, satirist and theatre critic. Born in London, his essays and novels explore the nature of nationalism and the cultural contrast between his own Irish ...
, '' A Conspiracy of Women ''(1965) * Naomi Mitchison, '' The Young Alexander the Great'' (1960) *
Marshall Monroe Kirkman Marshall Monroe Kirkman (July 10, 1842 – April 17, 1921) was an American authority on railways, who wrote extensively on the subject of railways. Life and work Born on the prairies in Morgan County, Illinois, Kirkman was raised far from any ...
** ''Iskander'' (1903) ** '' The Romance of Alexander and Roxana'' (1909) ** '' The Romance of Alexander the King'' (1909) * Nicholas Nicastro, '' Empire of Ashes'' (2004) * Scott Oden, ''
Memnon In Greek mythology, Memnon (; Ancient Greek: Μέμνων means 'resolute') was a king of Aethiopia and son of Tithonus and Eos. As a warrior he was considered to be almost Achilles' equal in skill. During the Trojan War, he brought an army t ...
'' (2006) * Robert Payne, '' Alexander the God'' (1954) *
Steven Pressfield Steven Pressfield (born September 1, 1943) is an American author of historical fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays, including his 1995 novel '' The Legend of Bagger Vance'' and 2002 non-fiction book '' The War of Art''. Early life Pressfi ...
, ''
The Virtues of War ''The Virtues of War'' is a 2004 historical fiction novel by Steven Pressfield that follows the life of Alexander the Great, told through the eyes of a Hellenic-Persian scribe serving under him during his campaigns into India. Alexander is rec ...
'' (2005) *
Mary Renault Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault ("She always pronounced it 'Ren-olt', though almost everyone would come to speak of her as if she were a French car." ), was an English writer best ...
, Alexander trilogy ** '' Fire from Heaven'' (1969) — the early life of Alexander the Great ** ''
The Persian Boy ''The Persian Boy'' is a 1972 historical novel written by Mary Renault and narrated by Bagoas, a young Persian from an aristocratic family who is captured by his father's enemies, castrated, and sold as a slave to king Darius III, who makes ...
'' (1972) — Alexander the Great after his conquest of Persia ** ''
Funeral Games Funeral games are athletic competitions held in honor of a recently deceased person. The celebration of funeral games was common to a number of ancient civilizations. Athletics and games such as wrestling are depicted on Sumerian statues dating ...
'' (1981) — the successors of Alexander * Katherine Roberts, '' The Mausoleum Murder'' (2003) * Melissa Scott, '' A Choice of Destinies'' (1986) *
Judith Tarr Judith Tarr (born January 30, 1955) is an American fantasy and science fiction author. Life Tarr was born in Augusta, Maine on January 30, 1955. She is the daughter of Earle A. Tarr, Jr. (a waterworks manager and salesman of real estate), and ...
** '' Lord of the Two Lands'' (1993) ** '' Queen of the Amazons'' (2004) * Jakob Wasserman, '' Alexander in Babylon'' (1949) *
Ivan Yefremov Ivan Antonovich (real patronymic Antipovich) Yefremov ( ru , Ива́н Анто́нович (Анти́пович) Ефре́мов; April 23, 1908 – October 5, 1972; last name sometimes transliterated as Efremov) was a Soviet paleonto ...
, '' Thais of Athens'' (1972)


Miscellaneous 4th century

* Gillian Bradshaw, ''
The Sand-Reckoner ''The Sand Reckoner'' ( el, Ψαμμίτης, ''Psammites'') is a work by Archimedes, an Ancient Greek mathematician of the 3rd century BC, in which he set out to determine an upper bound for the number of grains of sand that fit into the unive ...
'' (2000) about Archimedes *
Bryher Bryher ( kw, Breyer "place of hills") is one of the smallest inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly, with a population of 84 in 2011, spread across . History The name of the island is recorded as ''Brayer'' in 1336 and ''Brear'' in 1500. Ge ...
, '' Gate to the Sea'' (1958) *
Margaret Doody Margaret Anne Doody (born September 21, 1939) is a Canadian author of historical detective fiction and feminist literary critic. She is professor of literature at the University of Notre Dame, helped found the PhD in Literature Program at Notre Da ...
, Aristotle and Stephanos series ** ''
Aristotle Detective Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...
'' (1978) ** '' Aristotle and the Fatal Javelin'' (1980) ** '' Aristotle and Poetic Justice'' (2000) ** '' Aristotle and the Secrets of Life'' (2002) ** '' Anello di bronzo'' ("Ring of Bronze") (2003) ** '' Poison in Athens'' (2004) ** ''
Mysteries of Eleusis The Eleusinian Mysteries ( el, Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Elefsina in ancient Greece. They are the ...
'' (2005) * John Gardner, '' The Wreckage of Agathon'' (1970) *
Noel Gerson Noel Bertram Gerson (1913-1988) was an American author who wrote 325 books, including several best sellers, among them two screenplay novelizations penned under the pseudonym Samuel Edwards, '' The Naked Maja'', and '' 55 Days at Peking''. Peacoc ...
, '' The Golden Lyre'' (1963) * William Kotzwinkle, ''
Night Book Night (also described as night time, unconventionally spelled as "nite") is the period of ambient darkness from sunset to sunrise during each 24-hour day, when the Sun is below the horizon. The exact time when night begins and ends depends on ...
'' (1974) *
Valerio Massimo Manfredi Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 8 March 1943) is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist. Biography He was born in Piumazzo di Castelfranco Emilia province of Modena and, after getting a degree in Classical Arts a ...
, ''Tyrant'' (2005) *
Ursule Molinaro Ursule Molinaro (1916, Paris –10 July 2000, New York City) was a prolific novelist, playwright, translator and visual artist, the author of 12 novels, two collections of short prose works, innumerable short stories for literary magazines and doz ...
, '' The New Moon with the Old Moon in Her Arms'' (1990) *
Mary Renault Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault ("She always pronounced it 'Ren-olt', though almost everyone would come to speak of her as if she were a French car." ), was an English writer best ...
, '' Mask of Apollo'' (1966) * Katherine Roberts, '' The Olympic Conspiracy'' (2004) * Barnaby Ross, '' The Scrolls of Lysis'' (1962) *
José Carlos Somoza José Carlos Somoza Ortega (born 13 November 1959) is a Spanish author. He was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1960 his family moved to Spain after being exiled for political reasons. His family proved to be in difficult financial situation after havi ...
, '' The Athenian Murders'' (2002) * L. Sprague de Camp ** '' The Arrows of Hercules'' (1965) ** '' An Elephant for Aristotle'' (1958) * F. Van Wyck Mason, ''
Lysander Lysander (; grc-gre, Λύσανδρος ; died 395 BC) was a Spartan military and political leader. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian War to an en ...
'' (1957) * Peter Vansittart, '' A Choice of Murder'' (1992)


Hellenistic

* Gillian Bradshaw, ''
The Sand-Reckoner ''The Sand Reckoner'' ( el, Ψαμμίτης, ''Psammites'') is a work by Archimedes, an Ancient Greek mathematician of the 3rd century BC, in which he set out to determine an upper bound for the number of grains of sand that fit into the unive ...
'' (2000) *
Chariton Chariton of Aphrodisias ( grc-gre, Χαρίτων ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς) was the author of an ancient Greek novel probably titled '' Callirhoe'' (based on the subscription in the sole surviving manuscript). However, it is regularly referred t ...
of Aphrodisias, '' Chaereas and Callirhoe'' (1st century) *
Christian Cameron Christian Gordon Cameron (born August 16, 1962) also writes under the pen names ''Miles Cameron'' and ''Gordon Kent'' (used only for those novels written with his father, author Kenneth Cameron). Christian, a Canadian novelist, was educated and t ...
** ''Tyrant'' (2008) ** ''Storm of Arrows'' (2009) ** ''Funeral Games'' (2010) ** ''King of the Bosporus'' (2011) ** ''Destroyer of Cities'' (2013) ** ''Force of Kings'' (2014) *
Alfred Duggan Alfred Duggan (born Alfredo León Duggan; 1903–1964) was an English historian and archaeologist, and a well-known historical novelist in the 1950s. His novels are known for meticulous historical research. Background Though brought up in Brita ...
, '' Elephants and Castles'' (1963) *
Georg Ebers Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, 1 March 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, 7 August 1898) was a German Egyptologist and novelist. He is best known for his purchase of the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical documents in the world. Life Geo ...
** ''The Sisters'' (1880) ** ''
Arachne Arachne (; from , cognate with Latin ) is the protagonist of a tale in Greek mythology known primarily from the version told by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE), which is the earliest extant source for the story. In Book Six of his ...
'' (1898) * I. O. Evans, '' Strange Devices'' (1950) *
Vardis Fisher Vardis Alvero Fisher (March 31, 1895 – July 9, 1968) was an American writer from Idaho who wrote popular historical novels of the Old West. After studying at the University of Utah and the University of Chicago, Fisher taught English at the Uni ...
, '' The Island of the Innocent'' (1952) *
William Golding Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel ''Lord of the Flies'' (1954), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime. In 1980 ...
, ''
The Double Tongue ''The Double Tongue'' is a novel by William Golding. It was found in draft form after his death and published posthumously. Golding's final novel tells the story of the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi. Arieka prophesies in the shadowy ...
'' (1995) *
Joan Grant Joan Marshall Grant Kelsey (London, 12 April 1907 – 3 February 1989) was an English writer of historical novels and a reincarnationist. Life Joan Marshall was born 12 April 1907, in London, daughter of John Frederick Marshall and Blanche Emil ...
, '' Return to Elysium'' (1947) * H.D., ''
Hedylus Hedylus ( grc-gre, Ἥδυλος, ''Hḗdylos''; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Greek epigrammatic poet of the Hellenistic period. Hedylus was the son of Melicertus and Hedyle, and a native of Samos or Athens. His epigrams were included in the ''Garla ...
'' (1928) * Jack Lindsay, '' Come Home at Last'' (1934) * Naomi Mitchison, '' The Corn King and the Spring Queen'' (1930) *
Eden Phillpotts Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for ten years before studying for the stage a ...
, '' The Treasures of Typhon'' (1924) * Carolyn Snedeker, '' The Forgotten Daughter'' (1933) * L. Sprague de Camp ** ''
The Bronze God of Rhodes ''The Bronze God of Rhodes'' is a historical novel by American writer L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1960, and in paperback by Bantam Books in 1963. A trade paperback edition was projected by The Donning ...
'' (1960) ** '' The Golden Wind'' (1969) * Duncan Sprott ** '' The House of the Eagle'' (2004) ** '' Daughter of the Crocodile'' (2006) * H. N. Turteltaub, "Hellenic Traders" series, set some time after the death of Alexander ** '' Over the Wine Dark Sea'' (2001) ** '' The Gryphon's Skull'' (2002) ** '' The Sacred Land'' (2003) ** '' Owls to Athens'' (2004) *
Thornton Wilder Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes — for the novel '' The Bridge of San Luis Rey'' and for the plays ''Our Town'' and '' The Skin of Our Teeth'' — ...
, '' The Woman of Andros'' (1930)


1st century BCE

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William Golding Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel ''Lord of the Flies'' (1954), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime. In 1980 ...
, ''
The Double Tongue ''The Double Tongue'' is a novel by William Golding. It was found in draft form after his death and published posthumously. Golding's final novel tells the story of the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi. Arieka prophesies in the shadowy ...
'' (1995)


2nd century CE

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Achilles Tatius Achilles Tatius ( Greek: Ἀχιλλεὺς Τάτιος, ''Achilleus Tatios'') of Alexandria was a Roman-era Greek writer of the 2nd century AD whose fame is attached to his only surviving work, the ancient Greek novel, or ''romance'', '' The Adv ...
, ''The Adventures of
Leucippe and Clitophon ''The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon'' ( grc, τὰ κατὰ Λευκίππην καὶ Kλειτoφῶντα, ''ta kata Leukippēn kai Kleitophōnta''), written by Achilles Tatius, is one of the five surviving Ancient Greek romances, not ...
'' (2nd century) *
Heliodorus of Emesa Heliodorus Emesenus or Heliodorus of Emesa ( grc, Ἡλιόδωρος ὁ Ἐμεσηνός) is the author of the ancient Greek novel called the ''Aethiopica'' () or ''Theagenes and Chariclea'' (), which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD. Ide ...
, ''Aethiopica'' or '' Theagenes and Chariclea'' (2nd century) * Longus, ''
Daphnis and Chloe ''Daphnis and Chloe'' ( el, Δάφνις καὶ Χλόη, ''Daphnis kai Chloē'') is an ancient Greek novel written in the Roman Empire, the only known work of the second-century AD Greek novelist and Hellenistic romance, romance writer Longus ...
'' (2nd century) * Lucian, ''
True History ''A True Story'' ( grc, Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα, ''Alēthē diēgēmata''; or ), also translated as True History, is a long novella or short novel written in the second century AD by the Greek author Lucian of Samosata. The novel is a ...
'' (2nd century AD), not necessarily set anywhere near Greece


Plays

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Andrew David Irvine Andrew David Irvine, FSCC (born July 14, 1958) is a Canadian academic who teaches at the University of British Columbia. He holds a PhD in philosophy from Sydney University and is a professor of philosophy and mathematics at UBC Okanagan. He has ...
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Socrates on Trial ''Socrates on Trial'' is a Play (theatre), play depicting the life and death of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. It tells the story of how Socrates was put on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens and for failing to honour the city's g ...
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Terence Rattigan Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (10 June 191130 November 1977) was a British dramatist and screenwriter. He was one of England's most popular mid-20th-century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background.Geoffrey Wan ...
, '' Adventure Story'' *
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
, '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' *
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
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Timon of Athens ''Timon of Athens'' (''The Life of Tymon of Athens'') is a play written by William Shakespeare and probably also Thomas Middleton in about 1606. It was published in the '' First Folio'' in 1623. Timon lavishes his wealth on parasitic companio ...
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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
, ''
Troilus and Cressida ''Troilus and Cressida'' ( or ) is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1602. At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp. Meanwh ...
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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
and John Fletcher, ''
The Two Noble Kinsmen ''The Two Noble Kinsmen'' is a Jacobean tragicomedy, first published in 1634 and attributed jointly to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. Its plot derives from " The Knight's Tale" in Geoffrey Chaucer's '' The Canterbury Tales'', which h ...
''


Comics

* Marvel Illustrated, ''
The Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the '' Ody ...
'' * Marvel Illustrated, ''
The Odyssey The ''Odyssey'' (; grc, Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia, ) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Iliad'', th ...
'' * Marvel Illustrated, '' The Trojan War'' *
Frank Miller Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book writer, penciller and inker, novelist, screenwriter, film director, and producer known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on ''Daredevil'' and subsequen ...
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300 __NOTOC__ Year 300 ( CCC) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius (or, less frequently, year 1053 ''Ab ...
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Eric Shanower Eric James Shanower (born October 23, 1963) is an American cartoonist, best known for his Oz novels and comics, and for the ongoing retelling of the Trojan War as '' Age of Bronze''. Early life Eric Shanower was born on October 23, 1963. Upon hi ...
, '' Age of Bronze''


See also

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Fiction set in Ancient Rome Historical novels arranged by the period of their setting Rome as a Kingdom ''If you know of works set in the pre-Republican era, please expand this section.'' * ''Founding Fathers'' (1959) by Alfred Duggan. Originally titled ''Children of the Wol ...
* List of historical fiction by time period *
List of films set in ancient Greece This article lists films set in ancient Greek culture, including Magna Graecia and Hellenistic kingdoms. Bronze Age and mythistoricals Classical Greece Hellenistic period {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! scope="col" , Title ! scop ...


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