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The Iliad, by Homer. Part I. Jun 09, 2022

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The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem by Homer, written down around the 8th century BC, and among the oldest works of Western literature along with the Odyssey.

Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Mycenaean Greek states (Achaeans), it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.

Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns, tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles's imminent death and the fall of Troy, although the narrative ends before these events take place. However, as these events are prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, when it reaches an end, the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War. (From Wikipedia).

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Antigone, by Sophocles. #2. Jun 08, 2022

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Antigone is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles from 441 BC, and was first performed at the Festival of Dionysus of the same year.

The play is one of the three tragedies, known as the three Theban plays, following the stories of Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. The story expands on the Theban legend, and picks up where Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes ends. The play is named after the main protagonist and heroine Antigone. (From Wikipedia.)

Oedipus's daughter Antigone deliberately breaks the laws of Thebes when she buries her brother's body and is therefore sentenced to death. She clashes with Creon, the King of Thebes, over what constitutes justice and morality: the laws of the state or the laws of the individual.

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Antigone, by Sophocles. #1. Jun 08, 2022

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Antigone is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles from 441 BC, and was first performed at the Festival of Dionysus of the same year.

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The Apology of Socrates, by Plato. Part II. Jun 08, 2022

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The Apology of Socrates, written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defense which Socrates spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BC. The dialogue is a defense against the charges of "corrupting the youth" and "not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other Daimonia that are novel" to Athens.

Among the primary sources about the trial and death of the philosopher Socrates (469-399 BC), The Apology of Socrates is the dialogue that depicts the trial, and it's one of four Socratic dialogues along with Euthyphro, Phaedo, and Crito, through which Plato describes the final days of the philosopher Socrates. (From Wikipedia).

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The Apology of Socrates, by Plato. Part I. Jun 08, 2022

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Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. Volume I, Part V. Jun 06, 2022

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Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written, Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875-77.

The story centers on an affair between Anna and dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalizes the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in a search for happiness. But after they return to Russia, their lives further unravel.

Some of the major themes in the novel are betrayal, faith, family, marriage, desire, rural vs. city life, and Imperial Russian society. (From Wikipedia).