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The classics reward chronology because the later works are constantly answering the earlier ones. Read Homer and the tragedians first, then the historians and philosophers, then Virgil and the Stoics who wrote in their shadow, and you catch every echo and argument. Start with a good introductory guide and accessible translations before the primary texts, and the epics open up instead of intimidating; jump into the middle and you miss half the conversation.

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