| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | WORLD LITERATURE $1600: In 1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz, author of this tale of ancient Rome, became the first Polish person to win a Nobel Prize in lit Quo Vadis |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | BRITISH LITERATURE $1600: A man stopped on his way to a wedding feast is told of tragic events aboard a ship in this 1798 narrative poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $1600: In Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose", murders at a 14th c. monastery center on a book on laughter by this ancient Greek Aristotle |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | THINKING OF UKRAINE $1200: The seminal work of modern Ukrainian literature, "Eneïda" transmutes this ancient writer's Trojans into Cossacks Virgil |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | 1870s LITERATURE $1600: The ancient Greek fusion of passion & restraint was probed in "The Birth of Tragedy" by this German philosopher Nietzsche |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | OLD LITERATURE $800: The Panchatantra animal fables were written in this ancient language of India & used to teach princes Sanskrit |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | OLD LITERATURE $2000: In an ancient Mesopotamian epic, this king of Rruk meets the goddess Ishtar Gilgamesh |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | BRITISH LITERATURE $400: "All for Love" by John Dryden looks at the tragic lives of this ancient couple Shakespeare also wrote about Antony and Cleopatra |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | THE LITERATURE OF ISRAEL $1600: This "Tales of the South Pacific" author's novel "The Source" is a tale of Israel from ancient times up to the 20th century (James) Michener |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | LITERATURE IN ACTION $200: The action-packed Book 7 of this ancient poem features the duel of Hector & Ajax the Iliad |
| #7168, aired 2015-11-11 | MEDIEVAL LITERATURE $800: Our primary source for ancient Norse pagan beliefs is the Poetic Edda of this island nation Iceland |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | ANCIENT ROMAN LITERATURE $400: Lucan dropped Jupiter & Juno in the "Pharsalia", the rare ancient epic without these beings gods |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | ANCIENT ROMAN LITERATURE $800: "De Oratore" by this greatest Roman orator gives his views on using language effectively Cicero |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | ANCIENT ROMAN LITERATURE $1200: Better known name of Titus Livius, author of a history of Rome from its founding to 9 B.C. Livy |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | ANCIENT ROMAN LITERATURE $1600: Dating from the 2nd century, this Roman emperor's "Meditations" is a classic of stoic philosophy Marcus Aurelius |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | ANCIENT ROMAN LITERATURE $2000: Julius Caesar described his victories in the 50s B.C. in what's now France in his "Commentaries on" these "Wars" the Gallic Wars |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | WORLD LITERATURE $400: Consisting of 24 books, this ancient poem tells of a homecoming after the fall of Troy The Odyssey |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | WORLD LITERATURE $400: The Mahabharata is an epic poem originally written in this ancient language Sanskrit |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | WORLD LITERATURE $800: Kafka wrote "The Metamorphosis"; this ancient Roman wrote "Metamorphoses" Ovid |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | ASIAN LITERATURE $1600: The ancient "I Ching" of China is also known as the "Book of" these Changes |
| #4955, aired 2006-03-10 | LITERATURE $400: Britannica states that the name "Agora" was first found in the work of this ancient Greek poet Homer |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | LITERATURE $1,000 (Daily Double): It begins, "In the ancient city of London... a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty..." The Prince and the Pauper |
| #2567, aired 1995-10-31 | LITERATURE $200: This "Our Town" playwright's novel "The Woman of Andros" was inspired by an ancient Roman comedy (Thornton) Wilder |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: This recent James Redfield novel tells of an ancient manuscript fround in Peru The Celestine Prophecy |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $800 (Daily Double): Ovid said this form of literature "comes fine-spun from a mind at peace" poetry |
| #1682, aired 1991-12-17 | LITERATURE $600: Coleridge poem that ends with: "A sadder and a wiser man he rose the morrow morn" The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| #1616, aired 1991-09-16 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $200: In ancient Greece, lyric poetry was usually sung to the accompaniment of this stringed instrument a lyre |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | LITERATURE $400: Chios, Smyrna, Colophon, Argos, Rhodes, Athens & Salamis have all claimed to be this ancient poet's birthplace Homer |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | ANCIENT GREECE $800: Greek literature is said to have begun with this poet Homer |
| #1371, aired 1990-07-16 | WORLD LITERATURE $600: Coleridge's "Ancient Mariner" is punished for shooting one of these an albatross |
| #1123, aired 1989-06-21 | WORLD LITERATURE $200: Sappho of Lesbos was considered the best lyric poet of this ancient civilization the Greek civilization |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | LITERATURE $200: When he saw water snakes in the moonlight and blessed them, the albatross fell from his neck The Ancient Mariner |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | YE GODS $500: Ancient Greeks might have asked if you heard the one about Thalia, the muse of this comedy |
