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| The Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World (Beginnings–1650)[*denotes complete longer works] | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Editors | |
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| Pronunciation Key | |
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| Introduction: The Ancient World, Beginnings–100 C.E. | |
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| The Epic Of Gilgamesh [Mesopotamia, c. 2000–c. 1200 B.C.E.](Translated | |
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| Hebrew Scriptures [Near East, c. 900–100 B.C.E.] | |
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| Genesis 1-3, 4:1-17, 4:25-6, 6-8, 9:1-15, 11: 1-9 [Origin Stories] | |
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| Genesis 21:1-21, 22:1-18 [Abraham and Isaac] | |
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| Exodus 1–5, 6:1–13, 7–12:1–42, 13:17–22, 14 [Moses and the Exodus] | |
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| Exodus 19, 20:1-24 [The Ten Commandments] | |
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| Exodus 32 [The Golden Calf] | |
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| Job 1–7; 38-42 [The Trials of Job] | |
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| Psalm 23 [The Lord is my shepherd] | |
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| Psalm 104 [Bless the Lord, O my soul] | |
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| Psalm 137 [By the rivers of Babylon] | |
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| The Song of Songs(The King James Version) | |
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| In the World: Myths of Creationfrom | |
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| The Epic Of Creation [Near East, c. 1800 B.C.E.](Translated | |
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| Hymn To Aten [Egypt, c. 1570–1290 B.C.E.](Translated | |
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| The Rig Veda [India, c. 1000 B.C.E.](Translated | |
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| The Song of Purusha | |
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| Hesiod [Greece, eighth century B.C.E.]from | |
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| Theogony(Translated | |
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| Ovid [Rome, 43. B.C.E.–17 C.E.]from | |
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| Metamorphoses(Translated | |
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| Homer [Greece, eighth century B.C.E.] | |
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| The Odyssey(Translated | |
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| In the World: Heroes and Adventure | |
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| Homer [Greece, eighth century B.C.E.]from | |
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| The Iliad(Translated | |
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| Book 18 [The Shield of Achilles] | |
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| Hebrew Scriptures [Near East, c. 900–100 B.C.E.] | |
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| First Samuel 16:4–18:9(King James Version)[ | |
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| The Ramayana [India, c. 550 B.C.E.–c. 400 C.E.]from | |
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| Book 6: Yuddha Kanda: The Great War(Translated | |
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| Apollodorus [Greece, second century B.C.E.]from | |
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| Bibliotheca(Translated | |
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| Prayer to my lady of PaphosDon’t ask me what to wearLament for a Maidenhead | |
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| He is more than a hero | |
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| To an army wife in SardisYou know the place: then | |
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| I have not had one word from her(Translated | |
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| Confucius (Kongfuzi) [China, c. 551–c. 479 B.C.E.]from | |
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| The Analects(Translated | |
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| Aeschylus [Greece, c. 525–456 B.C.E.] | |
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| Agamemnon(Translated | |
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| Sophocles [Greece, 496–406 B.C.E.] | |
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| Antigone(Translated | |
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| In the World: Rulers and Citizens | |
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| Jainism [India, sixth century B.C.E–first century C.E.]from | |
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| Uttaradhyana Sutra(Translated by | |