Ph.D. Greek Reading List (with recommended commentaries)
- Aeschylus, Agamemnon
- Raeburn, D. and Thomas, O. (2011), The Agamemnon of Aeschylus. Oxford.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1-39, 3.1-489
- Hunter, R. (1989), Apollonius of Rhodes: Argonautica Book III. Cambridge.
- Aristophanes, Frogs, Lysistrata
- Dover, K. (1993), Aristophanes Frogs. Oxford.
- Henderson, J. (1987), Aristophanes Lysistrata. Oxford.
- Aristotle, Poetics, 1448b4-1452b27
- Lucas, D.W. (1968), Aristotle, Poetics. Oxford.
- Callimachus, Hymns 1, 2; Aetia fr. 1
- Stephens, S. (2015), Callimachus: The Hymns. Oxford.
- Dickinson College Commentary (Aetia)
- Demosthenes, Third Philippic
- Davies (1949) (on Perseus)
- Greek lyric: Campbell, D. (1969) Greek Lyric Poetry
- Archilochus 6, 7, 60, 74
- Solon 3, 5
- Sappho, 1, 16, 31
- Alcaeus 6
- Xenophanes, 1, 7, 10, 13
- Bacchylides 17
- Euripides, Alcestis, Medea*
- Luschnig, C.A.E. and Roisman, H.M. (2003), Euripides’ Alcestis. Oklahoma.
- Mastronarde, D. (2002), Euripides: Medea. Cambridge.
- Herodotus, Histories 1.1–68, 3.1–16, 3.30–87
- Dewald, C. and Munson, R.V. (2022), Herodotus: Histories Book I. Cambridge.
- Newmyer, S.T. (1986), Herodotus Book III. Bryn Mawr.
- Hesiod, Theogony 1–210, 453–616, 820-885; Works and Days 1–273
- Hamilton, R. (1981), Hesiod's Theogony. Bryn Mawr.
- Hamilton, R. Rainis, E., and Ruttenberg, R. (1988), Hesiod's Works and Days. Bryn Mawr.
- Homer, Iliad 1*, 6*, 9, 16, 22, 24; Odyssey 6*, 9*, 10–12, 23
- Griffin, J. (1995), Homer Iliad Book Nine. Oxford.
- de Jong, I. (2012), Homer: Iliad Book XXII. Cambridge.
- Macleod, C. (1982), Homer Iliad Book XXIV. Cambridge.
- Dickinson College Commentary (Iliad 6, 22; Odyssey 5-12)
- Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Homeric Hymn to Apollo
- Richardson, N. (2010), Three Homeric Hymns. Cambridge.
- Isocrates, Helen
- Longinus, On the Sublime 8-9 and 44
- Halliwell, S. (2022), Pseudo-Longinus On the Sublime. Oxford.
- Longus, Daphnis and Chloe 1
- Byrne, S. and Cueva, E. (2012), Longus’ Daphnis & Chloe. Bolchazy-Carducci.
- Bowie, E. (2018), Longus: Daphnis and Chloe. Cambridge.
- Lucian, True History 1*, 2
- Dickinson College Commentaries (online, free)
- Hayes, E. and Nimis, S. (2011), Lucians’ A True Story. Faenum.
- Lysias 1*, 3*, 12
- Menander, Dyskolos, ll. 1–80, 666–757
- Handley, E. W. (1965), The Dyskolos of Menander. Cambridge, MA. Konstan, D. (1983), Menander's Dyskolos. Bryn Mawr.
- Pindar, Olympians 1
- Gerber, D. (1982), Pindar’s Olympian One: A Commentary. University of Toronto Press.
- Plato, Apology*, Republic 1*, Symposium
- Dover, K. (1980), Plato: Symposium. Cambridge.
- Plutarch, Life of Pericles
- Stadter, P. (2010), A Commentary on Plutarch’s Life of Pericles. UNC Press.
- Sophocles, Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus*
- Griffith, M. (1999), Sophocles: Antigone. Cambridge.
- Theocritus, Idylls 1, 7, 11, 13
- Hunter, R. (1999), Theocritus: A Selection. Cambridge.
- Thucydides, 1.1–23, 1.118–46, 2.34–65, 5.84–116, 6.1–41, 7.71–87
- Marchant, E.C. (1982), Thucydides Book 1. Bristol.
- Rusten, J. (2008), Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book II. Cambridge.
- Pelling, C. (2022), Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War, books VI and VII. Cambridge.
- Xenophon, Anabasis 1*, Hellenica, 2.3.11–2.4.43
TOTAL: 1,445 pp.
[* = also on MA reading list]