The Classics

HOMER
Works of Homer:
The Iliad of Homer, Samuel Butler translator [1898]
The Odyssey of Homer, Samuel Butler translator [1900]
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer in Greek

HESIOD
Works of Hesiod:
Hesiod's Theogony
Works and Days

ORPHEUS
The Hymns of Orpheus, by Thomas Taylor [1792]

SAPPHO
The Poems of Sappho English and Transliterated Greek
The Poems of Sappho (Unicode) English and Greek
The Songs of Bilitis by Pierre Louÿs, tr. by Alvah C. Bessie [1926]
A famous hoax, which has had a huge impact on our modern perception of Sappho.

HERODOTUS
The History of Herodotus parallel English/Greek
English tr. by G. C. Macaulay [1890]
The epochal conflict between the Greeks and Persians, by 'the Father of History.'

AESOP
The Fables of Aesop

APOLLONIUS RHODIUS
The Argonautica parallel English/Greek.
English tr. by R.C. Seaton [1912]
The primary text for the story of Jason, the Argonauts, and the quest for the Golden Fleece.

AESCHYLUS
The Dramas of Aeschylus

ARISTOTLE
The Works of Aristotle

SOPHOCLES
The Dramas of Sophocles

EURIPIDES
The Dramas of Euripides

PLATO
The Dialogues of Plato

PYTHAGORAS
The Golden Verses of Pythagoras, by Florence M. Firth [1902]

VIRGIL
Works of Virgil:
The Aeneid English and Latin
The Eclogues J.W. MacKail tr. [1934]. English and Latin
The Georgics J.W. MacKail tr. [1934]. English and Latin

APULEIUS
The Golden Asse By Apuleius.
Translated by William Adlington. [1566]
The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche By Apuleius.
Translated by William Adlington. Illustrations by Dorothy Mullock [1914]

PLOTINUS
The Enneads of Plotinus

MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS
Meditations 247,149 bytes

LUCRETIUS
On The Nature Of Things By Titus Lucretius Carus 447,623 bytes

OVID
Works of Ovid:
Metamorphoses English and Latin
Amores, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris and Medicamina Faciei Femineae English and Latin

PETRONIUS
Gaius Petronius:
The Satyricon of Petronius

PRIAPEIA
The Priapeia Translated by L.C. Smithers and Sir Richard Burton [1890] English and Latin

TACITUS
The Works of Tacitus parallel English and Latin text.
tr. by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb [1864-1877]
The preeminent Latin historian of the first century CE.

EMPEROR JULIAN
Two Orations of the Emperor Julian Translated by Thomas Taylor [1793]

Other Roman resources

The Royal Museum at Naples, Being Some Account of The Erotic Paintings, Bronzes, and Statues Contained in that Famous "Cabinet Secret", by Stanislas Marie César Famin [1871]
Sixty lithographs of erotic Roman art and artifacts.

Bulfinch's Mythology
Bulfinch's able retelling of the classic myths has served as an introduction to the subject for generation of readers.
The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children
by Charles Kingsley [1901]
A retelling of the myths of Perseus, Jason and the Argonauts, and Theseus for young adults, with lavish art-deco illustrations.
The Sibylline Oracles Translated by Milton S. Terry [1899].
The (pseudo)-Sibylline Oracles are ancient books of prophecy.
Myths of Crete and Pre-Hellenic Europe by Donald A. Mackenzie. [1917]
A survey of what is known about the civilization of ancient Crete.
The Dionysian Artificers by Hippolyto Joseph da Costa [1820].
Ancient Fragments by I. P. Cory [1832]
The Mysteries of Mithra by Franz Cumont [1903]
Learn about the religion that might have taken the place of Christianity.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Franz Cumont [1911]
Roman paganism later incorporated a diverse set of beliefs including ecstatic near-eastern religions, a wide range of goddess cults, dualism from Persia, and astrology.
Pagan Regeneration: A Study of Mystery Initiations in the Graeco-Roman World, by Harold R. Willoughby [1929]

Taboo, Magic, Spirits: A Study of Primitive Elements in Roman Religion, By Eli Edward Burriss [1931]
The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome by Jesse Benedict Carter [1906]
An excellent history of the evolution of Roman religious ideas.
Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter [1922]
Carpenter explores the similaries between Christianity and ancient mystery religions, as well as the similiarities between the narrative of Christ and other solar heros.
Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane Harrison [1913]
The Mycenaean Origin of Greek Mythology by Martin P. Nilsson [1932, not renewed]
Greek Popular Religon by Martin P. Nilsson [1940, not renewed]