Europe
Greece
5 authors in the ranking·6 rated books·5 books set here
Greek authors in the reader ranking include Homer, Sophocles and Aeschylus. Books set in Greece range from Sophocles’ tragedy “Antigone”, written around 442 BC and set in Thebes, to Madeline Miller’s retellings of Greek myth, “The Song of Achilles” (2011) and “Circe” (2018). Two Greek poets have received the Nobel Prize in Literature: Giorgos Seferis in 1963 and Odysseas Elytis in 1979.
The most-read authors and their best books
Authors 5
- Homer2 ranked booksIliad7.8
- Sophocles1 ranked bookAntigone7.4
- Aesop1 ranked bookAesop's Fables7.8
- Aristotle1 ranked bookPoetics7.8
- Aeschylus1 ranked bookPrometheus Bound7.6
The story is set here 5
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