M.A. Greek Reading List (with recommended commentaries

Poetry

• Homer: Iliad 1, 6; Odyssey 6, 9
  • Schein, S. (2022), Homer Iliad Book I. Cambridge.
  • Graziosi, B. and Haubold, J. (2010), Homer Iliad Book VI. Cambridge.
  • Garvie, A. F. (1994), Homer Odyssey Books VI-VIII. Cambridge.
  • Dickinson College Commentary (Iliad 6; Odyssey 5-12)
• Euripides: Medea
  • Mastronarde, D. (2002), Euripides: Medea. Cambridge.
• Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus
  • Dawe, R.D. (2006), Sophocles: Oedipus Rex. Cambridge. 

TOTAL POETRY 205 pp. 

Prose

• Lysias: 1, 3
  • Scodel, R. (1986), Lysias Orations 1 and 3. Bryn Mawr.
• Plato: Apology, Republic 1
  • Helm, J.J. (1999), Plato: Apology. Bolchazy-Carducci.
  • Sansone, D. (2023), Plato: Republic Book 1. Cambridge
• Xenophon: Anabasis 1
  • Mather Hewitt (1962), Xenophon’s Anabasis: Books I-IV. Oklahoma.
• Lucian: True History 1
  • Dickinson College Commentaries (online, free)
  • Hayes, E. and Nimis, S. (2011), Lucians’ A True Story. Faenum. 

TOTAL PROSE: 165 pp. 

 

TOTAL POETRY + PROSE = 370 pp.