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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 520 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,300,294 ratings — published -800
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The Iliad The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 473 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.94 — 542,492 ratings — published -750
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The Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 361 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.76 — 125,425 ratings — published -1800
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The Aeneid The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 314 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.88 — 150,006 ratings — published -19
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Meditations Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 255 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.27 — 387,822 ratings — published 180
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The Republic The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 247 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.97 — 234,874 ratings — published -400
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Metamorphoses Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 245 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.10 — 81,541 ratings — published 8
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The Histories The Histories (Paperback)
by (shelved 212 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.01 — 57,569 ratings — published -430
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Oedipus Rex  (The Theban Plays, #1) Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by (shelved 211 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.73 — 245,222 ratings — published -429
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The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (Paperback)
by (shelved 189 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.02 — 48,973 ratings — published -458
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Antigone (Theban Plays, #3) Antigone (Theban Plays, #3)
by (shelved 184 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.69 — 185,728 ratings — published -441
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The Symposium The Symposium (Paperback)
by (shelved 179 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.09 — 96,639 ratings — published -380
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History of the Peloponnesian War History of the Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
by (shelved 165 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.95 — 41,778 ratings — published -411
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The Nicomachean Ethics The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.01 — 64,081 ratings — published -350
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The Art of War The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.94 — 603,202 ratings — published -500
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Medea Medea (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.96 — 91,841 ratings — published -431
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Aesop’s Fables Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.05 — 131,331 ratings — published -560
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Tao Te Ching Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.29 — 189,458 ratings — published -350
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Lysistrata Lysistrata (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.86 — 55,219 ratings — published -423
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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.05 — 89,057 ratings — published 2015
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The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.00 — 72,612 ratings — published -450
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Poetics Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.83 — 31,286 ratings — published -335
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Beowulf Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.51 — 359,107 ratings — published 950
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The Twelve Caesars The Twelve Caesars (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.03 — 23,757 ratings — published 121
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The Golden Ass The Golden Ass (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.85 — 18,095 ratings — published 175
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Letters from a Stoic Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.32 — 62,476 ratings — published 64
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Apology Apology (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.19 — 72,101 ratings — published -399
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The Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.19 — 85,217 ratings — published -400
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Theogony / Works and Days Theogony / Works and Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.76 — 17,520 ratings — published -700
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Prometheus Bound Prometheus Bound (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.94 — 22,863 ratings — published -480
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Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1) Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.25 — 182,641 ratings — published 2017
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,213,984 ratings — published 2011
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Politics Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.98 — 44,178 ratings — published -350
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Confessions Confessions (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.02 — 80,431 ratings — published 400
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The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo) The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)
by (shelved 82 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.13 — 47,980 ratings — published -400
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The Bacchae The Bacchae (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.95 — 26,946 ratings — published -405
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The Persian Expedition The Persian Expedition (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.11 — 10,393 ratings — published -370
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The Analects The Analects (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.80 — 25,022 ratings — published -475
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The Way Things Are The Way Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.97 — 15,063 ratings — published -55
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,504,410 ratings — published 2018
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The Conquest of Gaul The Conquest of Gaul (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.02 — 14,120 ratings — published -50
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Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica) Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica)
by (shelved 68 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.82 — 11,945 ratings — published -250
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I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.24 — 75,922 ratings — published 1934
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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.75 — 14,699 ratings — published 2014
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,846 ratings — published 2003
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The Satyricon The Satyricon (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.77 — 10,094 ratings — published 60
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Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2) Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
by (shelved 62 times as ancient)
avg rating 3.75 — 17,440 ratings — published -401
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.16 — 12,634 ratings — published 2005
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,863 ratings — published 1776
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The Complete Poems The Complete Poems (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as ancient)
avg rating 4.10 — 11,938 ratings — published -60
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Guy  Morris
“For some, the path to enlightenment leads to a revelation; for others, it ends with a slide into insanity.”
― Guy Morris, The Last Ark: Lost Secrets of Qumran

Virchand Gandhi
“In international commerce, India is an ancient country-(19th October, 1899)”
― Virchand Raghavji Gandhi

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