The 77 Greatest Works of Greek Literature

This selection of literature from Greece is based on the continuing research carried out for The Greatest Literature of All Time list and is additionally informed by the views of local readers, writers, critics and scholars.

It encompasses the greatest works of Greek authors in all forms, genres, cultures and periods.

An unusual feature of this list though is that it spans two widely differentiated historical and cultural epochs—those of ancient and modern Greece. Even the two geographical areas referred to by the word "Greece" are much different. What we call the ancient Greek world comprised a wide swath of eastern Mediterranean civilization, including regions we no longer consider part of the country known as Greece. Nonetheless there is enough continuity between the peoples of old and new Greece to make a common listing of greatest works worthwhile.

This list focuses on major creative—mainly fictional—works, although some shorter or nonfiction writing of literary significance may also be considered.

Latest update: July 23, 2023

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