For almost two thousand years, there has been a vibrant literary tradition of presenting “Aesop’s fables” in poetic form. In medieval schools, Europeans lear...

“Batrachomyomachy” (from other Greek batrachos [frog], mus [mouse], mache [struggle]) is a poem parodying the motifs of the Homeric epic. At various times it...

The novel by an unknown Greek author, “The History of Apollonius, King of Tire” (otherwise known as “The Tale of Apollonius of Tire”), which has come down to...