Works
Browse 271 works in the Western literary canon — from ancient epics to modern novels.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Anonymous·c. 1200 BCE
Amos
Amos·c. 760 BCE
The Iliad
Homer·c. 750 BCE
Hosea
Hosea·c. 750 BCE
Isaiah
Isaiah·c. 740 BCE
Micah
Micah·c. 735 BCE
The Odyssey
Homer·c. 725 BCE
Theogony/Works and Days
Hesiod·c. 700 BCE
Zephaniah
Zephaniah·c. 630 BCE
Deuteronomy
Moses·c. 621 BCE
Nahum
Nahum·c. 615 BCE
Habakkuk
Habakkuk·c. 605 BCE
Sappho's Poems
Sappho·c. 600 BCE
Lamentations
Jeremiah·c. 586 BCE
Obadiah
Obadiah·c. 585 BCE
Ezekiel
Ezekiel·c. 580 BCE
Jeremiah
Jeremiah·c. 580 BCE
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop·c. 560 BCE
Exodus
Moses·c. 550 BCE
Kings
Jeremiah·c. 550 BCE
Judges
Samuel·c. 550 BCE
Genesis
Moses·c. 550 BCE
Joshua
Joshua·c. 550 BCE
Samuel
Samuel·c. 550 BCE
Numbers
Moses·c. 550 BCE
Haggai
Haggai·c. 520 BCE
Zechariah
Zechariah·c. 520 BCE
Ruth
Samuel·c. 500 BCE
Job
Unknown·c. 500 BCE
Psalms
David·c. 500 BCE
Leviticus
Moses·c. 500 BCE
The Art of War
Sun Tzu·c. 500 BCE
The Persians
Aeschylus·472 BCE
The Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus·467 BCE
The Suppliants
Aeschylus·463 BCE
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus·c. 460 BCE
The Oresteia
Aeschylus·458 BCE
Women of Trachis
Sophocles·c. 450 BCE
The Analects
Confucius·c. 450 BCE
Proverbs
Solomon·c. 450 BCE
Antigone
Sophocles·441 BCE
Ajax
Sophocles·c. 440 BCE
Alcestis
Euripides·438 BCE
Medea
Euripides·431 BCE
The Histories
Herodotus·c. 430 BCE
Malachi
Malachi·c. 430 BCE
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles·c. 429 BCE
The Acharnians
Aristophanes·425 BCE
The Clouds
Aristophanes·423 BCE
Wasps
Aristophanes·422 BCE
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