Greek mythology books that aren't slop

Nolan's Odyssey is an affront to literacy and all classical studies and I'm done with poop from a butt Greek myth adaptations/commentary (tbh I haven't read some of these yet tho...)

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last updated August, 2026

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Sophocles I: The Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus (The Complete Greek Tragedies)

Sophocles I: The Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus (The Complete Greek Tragedies)

Sophocles

Greek Tragedies, Volume 1: Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus

Greek Tragedies, Volume 1: Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus

David Grene

Piranesi

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

Pan

Pan

Michael W. Clune

Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess (Olympians, #2)

Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess (Olympians, #2)

George O'Connor

Galatea

Galatea

Madeline Miller

Hera

Hera

Jennifer Saint

Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld, #1)

Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld, #1)

Nikita Gill

Sweetbitter Song

Sweetbitter Song

Rosie Hewlett

The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments

Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments

Sappho

Circe

Circe

Madeline Miller

The Aenied

The Aenied

Virgil

Ovid's Metamorphosis.

Ovid's Metamorphosis.

Ovid Ovid

The Iliad

The Iliad

Homer

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Homer

The Penelopiad

The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood

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