2023 Books in Translation Reading Challenge - hosted by jgintrovertedreader

Read a translated book originally written in a (now) dead language
A list of extinct languages. I had Latin and Ancient Greek classics in mind when I thought of this prompt but any dead language of your choice will do.
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The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer

836 pages • first pub -750 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus

The Theban Plays #1–3

Sophocles

176 pages • first pub -450 (editions) user-added

fiction classics play challenging dark reflective fast-paced
Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman

Stalingrad

Stalingrad #1

Vasily Grossman

1008 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional sad slow-paced
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