Ancient texts adapted into comics
In subtitled original version!
Who was the first to imagine “star wars”?
to understand that the Earth revolves around the Sun?
to measure the size of the Earth?
to invent the steam engine?
You may be surprised ...
This site offers free-to-view and -print comics, based on extracts from original texts by authors from ancient Greece.
The subjects are various (fiction, science, medicine, history, travel, theater etc…). Its objective is to introduce these authors to all those who are interested in Antiquity and in the way of living, of thinking, of telling stories, of seeing and of describing the world at that time.
The texts of the bubbles are in original version with the translation opposite. It is therefore not necessary to know the Greek language to read them.
For those who are interested in the language, they offer the possibility to "practice" in a fun way (an explanation of each sentence is given with the vocabulary). At the end of each comic, a short grammar summary is available. Finally, an introductory Greek comic helps to understand the basics. Links and references for learning classical Greek are also available on this site.
Happy reading
In order to get the most out of the comics, I advise you to print them on both sides so that, once opened, the translations and explanations appear on the left page, next to the images on the right page.
List of currently available comics (click on the icon to access the comic)
Science fiction, Maths and sciences, Medicine, Babylon, History of Marathon, Comedy, Tragedy, Celts, Philosophy...
True stories - Lucian of Samosata
ΑΛΗΘΗ ΔΙΗΓΗΜΑΤΑ
Science fiction (burlesque), imaginary navigation, space travel, extraterrestrials, star wars ...
Lucian of Samosata
Ancient geometry and physics
ΠΕΡΙ ΓΕΩΜΕΤΡΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΥΣΙΚΩΝ
Mathematics, measurement of the Earth, atom, electricity, steam engine, fluid physics, Archimedes screw, astronomy ...
Thales, Democritus, Euclid, Eratosthenes, Hero of Alexandria, Archimedes…
Ancient Medicine
ΠΕΡΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΑΣ ΙΑΤΡΕΙΑΣ
Medicine, anatomy, humoral theory, surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, pharmacy and herbal medicine, Hippocratic oath ...
Hippocrates, Dioscorides, Galen
Histories - Herodotus
ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΙΣΤΟΡΙAΙ
Description of Babylon.
The First Persian War and the Battle of Marathon
Herodotus
Dyscolos - Menander
Ο ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΣ
Comedy, misanthrope, what to do when you fall in love with the bogeyman's daughter!
Menander
Iphigenia in Aulis - Euripides
ΙΦΙΓΕΝΕΙΑ Η ΕΝ ΑΥΛΙΔΙ
Tragedy, expedition against the city of Troy, human sacrifice
Euripides
Celts and Gauls
ΚΕΛΤΟΙ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΛΑΤΑΙ - CELTAE ET GALLI
Description of Celtic peoples by ancient texts. This comic contains texts in Greek, Latin and Gallic
Strabo, Diodorus of Sicily, Poseidonios, Dio Cassius, Polybius, Julius Caesar, Pliny the Elder, Livy ...
Symposium - Plato
ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΟΝ
Dialogue about Love, myth of Aristophanes (lovers' missing half), eulogy of Eros, teaching of Diotima, eulogy of Socrates
Plato
Ancient Greek in comics
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ
Illustrated guide for those who want to learn or review the basics of the classical Greek language through comics
(see also the page of useful links on ancient Greek)
Contains Aesop's fable "the crow and the fox"
