Free Online Resources

Bringing It All Together: The Western Canon in Your Life

Congratulations! You have completed "From Homer to Shakespeare: An Introduction to the Western Canon."

Throughout this course, you've watched lectures and read lecture summaries about a small selection of works in the Western canon. I hope these selections will enrich your life and inspire you to go on to curate your own great books reading list.

If you choose to read the books we've covered, here are some links where you can access them for free online. All you'll need is a free account at archive.org and a computer screen.

"The Iliad" by Homer

• Robert Fagles' Translation
• Robert Fitzgerald's Translation
• Stanley Lombardo's Translation
• Richmond Lattimore's Translation

"The Odyssey" by Homer

• Robert Fagles' Translation
• Robert Fitzgerald's Translation
• Stanley Lombardo's Translation
• Richmond Lattimore's Translation

"Parallel Lives" by Plutarch

• Volume 1 of the John Dryden Translation
• Volume 2 of the John Dryden Translation
• Volume 3 of the John Dryden Translation
• Volume 4 of the John Dryden Translation
• Volume 5 of the John Dryden Translation

Plato

"Plato: Complete Works" edited by John M. Cooper

• Symposium (page 457)
• Apology (page 17)
• Crito (page 37)
• Phaedo (page 49)
• Gorgias (page 791)
• Republic (page 971)

Bible

"The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha"

Old Testament:

• Genesis (page 1)
• Exodus (page 67)
• Samuel 1 (page 330)
• Samuel 2 (page 374)
• Kings 1 (page 413)
• Kings 2 (page 454)
• Jonah (page 1120)

New Testament:

• Luke (page 1240)
• Acts (page 1319)

Shakespeare

• Hamlet
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Julius Caesar
• Othello
• Richard III
• Sonnets
• The Tempest
• Twelfth Night
• The Winter's Tale

Finally, if you have feedback on this course, please send it to editor@greatbooksreport.com.