List of 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)
• Goat Song:A Novel of Ancient Greece, by Frank Yerby (1967)
• The Golden Wind, by L. Sprague de Camp (1969)
• The Isle of Stone: A Novel of Ancient Sparta, by Nicholas Castro (2005)
• In Kithairon's Shadow, by Jon Edward Martin (2003)
• Hoplite: Torch of Prometheus, 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)
• Soldier of the Mist, by Gene Wolfe (1986)
• Soldier of Arete, by Gene Wolfe (1989)
• The Plot to Save Socrates, by Paul Levinson (2006)
• 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)
• Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow, 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
• Spartan: Total Warrior
• Titan Quest
• Zeus: Master of Olympus

Television

• Xena: Warrior Princess
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

See also

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

External links

• Ancient Greece in fiction