Works and Days
A farmer’s almanac woven with myth — the five ages of man and the labour each demands
Theogony
The birth of the gods, from primordial Chaos to the throne of Zeus.
The Septuagint
Hebrew scripture rendered into Greek by seventy scholars working in seventy cells.
The Republic
A dialogue on justice that becomes a city, a soul, and an allegory of a cave.
The Odyssey
The man of twists and turns, ten years homeward from a war that lasted ten more.
The Iliad
The wrath of Achilles, the fall of Hector, the long siege of windy Troy.
The Histories
An inquiry into the great deeds of Greeks and Persians, that they might not be forgotten.
The Bacchae
The arrival of Dionysus in Thebes, and what is owed to a god who is refused.
Prometheus Bound
The Titan chained to the rock for the gift of fire, and his prophecy of Zeus’s fall.
Pneumatica
Devices powered by air, water, and fire — automata for temples and parlour tricks for kings.