famous authors and works from ancient literature...?

Plato's Republic
The Epic of Gilgamesh (written in Sanskrit, not sure about the author)
The Golden ***, by Apuleius
The Aenid, by Virgil

I just asked my hubby, who was a Classics major:)

Sophocles: Antigone, Oedipus At Colonus, Oedipus The King

Homer: The Iliad, The Odyssey

Homer.