Ancient Greece
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
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Picture Books
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Aesop's Fables by Aesop and illustrated by Michael Hague Recommended |
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Aesop's Fables by Aesop and illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger Recommended |
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King Midas and the Golden Touch by Charlotte Craft and illustrated by Kinuko Craft Recommended |
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The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables by Aesop and illustrated by Don Daily Suggested |
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Aesops Fables by Aesop and illustrated by Charles Santore Suggested |
Independent Reader
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The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum amd illustrated by Willy Pogany Highly Recommended |
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Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Ingri D'Aulaire & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire Highly Recommended |
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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Highly Recommended |
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Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff and illustrated by Alan Lee Highly Recommended |
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The Wanderings Of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff and illustrated by Alan Lee Highly Recommended |
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Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch and illustrated by Sabra Moore and Richard P. Martin Recommended |
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The Golden Fleece by Padraic Colum and illustrated by Willy Pogany Recommended |
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Cupid and Psyche by M. Charlotte Craft and illustrated by Kinuko Craft Recommended |
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The Echo of Greece by Edith Hamilton Recommended |
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The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton Recommended |
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Mythology by Edith Hamilton Recommended |
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Perseus by Geraldine McCaughrean Recommended |
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Theseus by Geraldine McCaughrean Recommended |
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Favorite Greek Myths by Mary Pope Osborne and illustrated by Troy Howell Recommended |
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The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan Recommended |
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The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan Recommended |
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The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan Recommended |
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The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan Recommended |
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Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney Suggested |
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The Fire Thief by Terry Deary Suggested |
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Greek Gods and Heroes by Robert Graves Suggested |
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The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Suggested |
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Odysseus by Geraldine McCaughrean Suggested |
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The Odyssey by Homer and Geraldine McCaughrean and illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus Suggested |
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The One-eyed Giant by Mary Pope Osborne Suggested |
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The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner Suggested |
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Men and Gods by Rex Warner and illustrated by Edward Gorey Suggested |
Young Adult
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Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield Highly Recommended |
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The Landmark Thucydides edited by Robert B. Strassler Highly Recommended |
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The Landmark Herodotus edited by Robert B. Strassler Highly Recommended |
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The Sand-Reckoner by Gillian Bradshaw Recommended |
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea by Thomas Cahill Recommended |
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The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan Recommended |
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The Isle of Stone by Nicholas Nicastro Recommended |
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The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield Recommended |
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Last of the Amazons by Steven Pressfield Recommended |
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Tides of War by Steven Pressfield Recommended |
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The Virtues Of War by Steven Pressfield Recommended |
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Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault Recommended |
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The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault Recommended |
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The Praise Singer by Mary Renault Recommended |
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The Mask of Apollo by Mary Renault Recommended |
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Ilium by Dan Simmons Recommended |
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Archimedes and the Door to Science by Jeanne Bendick Suggested |
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Achilles by Elizabeth Cook Suggested |
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The Ten Thousand by Michael Curtis Ford Suggested |
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Troy by David Gemmell Recommended |