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Books like The Iliad

Explore 24 books like The Iliad by Homer — a handpicked selection united by Ancient & Classical, Literary Criticism, Classics, and Poetry.

Top related books to The Iliad

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Iliad.

The Odyssey

Homer

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

Parzival and Titurel — Wolfram von Eschenbach

Wolfram (von Eschenbach)

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

Beowulf A Verse Translation

Michael Alexander

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

Classical Literary Criticism

Various

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

The Metamorphoses

Ovid

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

The Homeric Hymns

Jules Cashford

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

Jason and Medea

Apollonius of Rhodes

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#10

Doomed Love

Virgil

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#11

Sagas of Warrior-poets

Diana Whaley

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#12

The Poems of Catullus A Bilingual Edition

Gaius Valerius Catullus

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#13

The Descent Into Hell

Dante Alighieri

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#14

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

J. A. Burrow

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#15

The Ruba’iyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#16

The Argonautika

Apollonius (Rhodius.)

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#17

Troilus and Criseyde

Geoffrey Chaucer

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#18

In Her Own Words The Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia

Brian P. Sowers

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#19

Jason and the Argonauts

Apollonius of Rhodes

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Classics • Poetry

#20

Greatest Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

Edgar Allan Poe

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Poetry

#21

Troy

Stephen Fry

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Poetry

#22

The Life and Miracles of Thekla A Literary Study

Scott Fitzgerald Johnson

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#23

King Arthur and His Knights Selected Tales — Sir Thomas Malory

SIR THOMAS. MALORY

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

#24

Sagas and Myths of the Northmen

Jesse L. Byock

Themes: Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism • Classics

If The Iliad by Homer is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Ancient & Classical, Literary Criticism, Classics and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Homer, Wolfram (von Eschenbach), Dante Alighieri, Michael Alexander, and others.