Fiction set in ancient Greece

Fiction set in ancient Greece

There is a body of modern fiction set in ancient Greece. Titles include:

Books

*"Achilles", by Elizabeth Cook (2003)
*"The Arrows of Hercules", by L. Sprague de Camp (1965)
*"The Athenian Murders", by José Carlos Somoza (2002)
*"The Bronze God of Rhodes", by L. Sprague de Camp (1960)
*"The Bull from the Sea", by Mary Renault (1962)
*"Celestial Matters", by Richard Garfinkle (1996)
*"Cloud Cuckoo Land," by Naomi Mitchison (1925) - 5th century BC
*"The Crown of Violet", by Geoffrey Trease (1952)
*"The Dancer from Atlantis", by Poul Anderson (1971)
*"The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate", by L. Sprague de Camp (1961)
*"An Elephant for Aristotle", by L. Sprague de Camp (1958)
*"The Firebrand", by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1987)
*"Gates of Fire", by Steven Pressfield (1999)
*"", by Frank Yerby (1967)
*"The Golden Wind", by L. Sprague de Camp (1969)
*"The Gryphon's Skull", by H.N. Turteltaub (2002)
*"", by Nicholas Castro (2005)
*"In Kithairon's Shadow", by Jon Edward Martin (2003)
*"", by Michael Pritsos (2008)
*"The King Must Die", by Mary Renault (1958)
*"Last of the Amazons", by Steven Pressfield (2002)
*"The Last of the Wine", by Mary Renault (1956)
*"The Mask of Apollo", by Mary Renault (1966)
*"Over the Wine Dark Sea", by H.N. Turteltaub (2001)
*"Owls to Athens", by H.N. Turteltaub (2004)
*"The Plot to Save Socrates", by Paul Levinson (2006)
*"The Sacred Land", by H.N. Turteltaub (2003)
*"Soldier of the Mist", by Gene Wolfe (1986)
*"Soldier of Arete", by Gene Wolfe (1989)
* "The Sand-Reckoner", by Gillian Bradshaw (2000) about Archimedes
*"Shades of Artemis", by Jon Edward Martin (2005)
*"Spartan", by Valerio Massimo Manfredi (2003)
*"The Ten Thousand", by Michael Curtis Ford (2001)
*"Tides of War", by Steven Pressfield (2001)
*"", by David Gemmell (2005)
*"The Virtues of War", by Steven Pressfield (2005)
*"The Wreckage of Agathon", by John Gardner (1970)

Films

*"300" (2007)
*"The 300 Spartans" (1962)
*"Alexander" (2004)
*"Alexander the Great" (1956)
*"Clash of the Titans" (1981)
*"Jason and the Argonauts" (1963/2000)
*"Troy" (2004)
*"Helen of Troy (film)" (1956)
*"Helen of Troy" (2002)
*"Hercules (1983 film)" (1983)
*"Hercules (1997 film)" (1997), A Disney film.

Plays

*"A Midsummer Night's Dream", by William Shakespeare
*"Timon of Athens", by William Shakespeare
*"Troilus and Cressida", by William Shakespeare
*"The Two Noble Kinsmen", by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher
*"Adventure Story", by Terence Rattigan

Comics

*"300" by Frank Miller

Video games

*"Age of Empires"
*"Age of Mythology"
*"God of War"
*"Rampage Through Time"
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*"Titan Quest"
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Television

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ee also

*Fiction set in Ancient Rome
*Fiction set in the Roman empire

External links

* [http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Classics/NJL/novels.html Ancient Greece in fiction]


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