
mythology

Aetia
Αἴτια
Callimachus · Koine Greek · c. 270-240 BC

Agamemnon
Ἀγαμέμνων
Aeschylus · Classical Attic Greek · 460 BCE

Ajax
Αἴας
Sophocles · Classical Attic Greek · c. 442-441 BC

Antigone
Ἀντιγόνη
Sophocles · Classical Attic Greek · c. 442-440 BC

Classic of Mountains and Seas
山海經
Unknown · Classical Chinese · c. 4th-1st century BC

Concerning Famous Women
De Mulieribus Claris
Giovanni Boccaccio · Neo-Latin · 1362

Dionysiaca
Διονυσιακά
Nonnus · Epic Greek · 5th century

Electra
Ἠλέκτρα
Sophocles · Classical Attic Greek · c. 420-414 BC

Enūma Eliš (Babylonian Creation)
𒂊𒉡𒈠𒂊𒇺
Unknown · Akkadian · c. 1153-1022 BCE

The Epic of Gilgamesh
𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒈩
Sîn-lēqi-unninni · Akkadian · 1200 BCE

The Eumenides
Εὐμενίδες
Aeschylus · Classical Attic Greek · 458 BCE

The Golden Ass
Metamorphoses (Asinus aureus)
Apuleius · Classical Latin · c. 150 - 190

Heroides
Heroides
Ovid · Classical Latin · c. 15 BC

Mahabharata
महाभारतम्
Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa · Epic Sanskrit · 300 BCE

Metamorphoses
Metamorphōsēs
Ovid · Classical Latin · 8

The Odyssey
Ὀδύσσεια
Homer · Epic Greek · 800 BCE

Oedipus at Colonus
Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ
Sophocles · Classical Attic Greek · 401 BCE

Oedipus Rex
Οἰδίπους Τύραννος
Sophocles · Classical Attic Greek · c. 429 BC

On the Fates of Famous Men
De casibus virorum illustrium
Giovanni Boccaccio · Neo-Latin · 1373

Oresteia
Ὀρέστεια
Aeschylus · Classical Attic Greek · 458 BCE

Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt
Henrik Ibsen · Dano-Norwegian · 1867

Popol Vuh
Poopol Wuuj
Francisco Ximénez; Unknown · Kʼicheʼ Mayan · c. 1554-1558

Posthomerica
τὰ μεθ’ Ὅμηρον
Quintus Smyrnaeus · Epic Greek · c. 300

Prometheus Bound
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης
Aeschylus · Classical Attic Greek · 454 BCE

Ramayana
रामायण
Valmiki · Epic Sanskrit · earliers portions c. 700 - 400 BC

Reflections of an Old Woman
Machnamh Seanmhná
Peig Sayers · Munster Irish · 1970

Saturnalia
Saturnalia
Macrobius · Late Latin · c. 431
Shatapatha Brahmana
शतपथब्राह्मण
Yajnavalkya · Late Vedic Sanskrit · c. 8th-6th century BC

The Táin
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Unknown · Middle Irish · c. 630-670

Tale of the Transcendent Marriage of Dongting Lake
洞庭靈姻傳
Li Chaowei · Classical Chinese · c. late 8th century

The Thousand and One Nights (1,001 Nights)
Les Mille et Une Nuits: contes arabes traduits en français
Antoine Galland · French · 1704