~2500 BCE - The Epic of Gilgamesh by Unknown
~750 BCE - The Iliad by Homer
~750 BCE - The Odyssey by Homer
~750 BCE - The Homeric Hymns by Homer
~700 BCE - Theogany by Hesiod
~700 BCE - The Shield of Heracles by Hesiod
~700 BCE - Works and Days by Hesiod
~600 BCE - Aesop's Fables by Aesop
~450 BCE - Histories by Herodotus
425 BCE - The Acharnians by Aristophanes
424 BCE - The Knights by Aristophanes
422 BCE - The Wasps by Aristophanes
421 BCE - Peace by Aristophanes
416 BCE - The Clouds by Aristophanes
414 BCE - The Birds by Aristophanes
411 BCE - Lysistrata by Aristophanes
411 BCE - Thesmophoriazusae by Aristophanes
405 BCE - The Frogs by Aristophanes
392 BCE - Ecclesiazusae by Aristophanes
388 BCE - Wealth by Aristophanes
800 - Beowulf by Unknown
1625 - The Essays by Francis Bacon