Currently sat in front of my little classics shelf as I write this, so here’s a super quick run down of what I’d recommend!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Greek tragedy! I’d start with Euripides to get you into it - I found him the easiest to get my head round without a companion. Medea is my absolute favourite 💜. Then I’d recommend Sophocles’ Theban plays (Antigone is the goat of the three imo, and one that’s had a lot of fantastic retelling and reimaginings). Electra is also really interesting and a good one for after you’ve read the Iliad.

For other poetry I’d recommend the Homeric hymns and some Sappho (ofc)!

Greek comedy can be fun but, for me at least, I found them much easier to understand with a companion bc of all the references that are unfortunately lost on modern audiences. Aristophanes frogs is probably my suggestion but I can’t think of a specific companion off the top of my head ◠̈

If you’re interested in some Roman lit (which it seems like you are, given you’re reading Seneca! [brave!!]) then I would whole heartedly suggest the Aeneid! Great one to read after Homer and in conjunction with anything about Augustan history. Also good for looking at how we use myth & literature as propaganda. It’s also just beautiful poetry and quite digestible imo. (Book 4 my love)

Ovids Metamorphosis is also a must! So great for a broad range of myths.

Catullus is my top roman lyric poetry suggestion, and if you read any Sappho they’re fun to compare and contrast! I will warn you that erotic poetry can be quite violent and unsurprisingly misogynistic so avoid if that’s not for you.

Now Susan Woodford’s An Introduction to Greek Art is sort of a textbook but it’s so informative and has lots of pictures (!) that I have to recommend. Fantastic for understanding the material culture of the time and the objects people in the lit you’re reading would’ve been interacting with every day. Knowing what a chiton vs a peplos is, or how sites like Delphi would have looked, or what drinking vessels people used makes reading primary sources so immersive!

Lastly, I have a real soft spot for Natalie Haynes. She’s written several retellings but I’ll put that to one side for now and suggest her nonfiction: “Pandora’s Jar” & “Divine Might” are feminist takes on myths and goddesses. Not strictly fictional retellings, more like compendiums - probably closer to Stephen Fry’s “Mythos” but from a feminist perspective.

Now I’m not sure if you’re in the UK or if BBC Sounds is available for those abroad but Natalie has/had(?) a radio show “Natalie Haynes Stands up for the Classics” where she creates a standup routine around ancient figures. These are good fun and also still VERY informative (Natalie IS a Cambridge classicist) and a great way to browse a selection of topics etc and see what might take your fancy without it being dry! You can listen to all the eps on BBC Sounds - may need a VPN if not in the uk :/

Realising now this isn’t so quick 😅 but I hope at least one suggestion was useful! Enjoy your reawakened passion!!!