Author  [Character]  "Story", Book. Notes.   

 Place

Time

Stephen Baxter

[Puck, or Robin Goodfellow]

"A Midsummer Eclipse,"
Shakespearean Whodunnits, 1997.
Based on the events in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer-Nights Dream, set at the time of Theseus of Athens.

Athens

c. 12th Century B.C.

Lindsey Davis

 [Milo of Croton]

"Abstain from Beans,"
Malice Domestic 6, 1997.
Who killed Pythagoras?

Croton

6th Century B.C.

see also Lindsey Davis' Falco mysteries

Margaret Doody

 [Aristotle, philosopher, (384-322 B.C.) & Stephanos]

"Aristotle and the Fatal Javelin,"
Mystery Guild Anthology, 1980.

Athens

331 B.C.

Athens 

330 B.C.

see also Margaret Doody's series of novels featuring Aristotle.

Peter T. Garratt

[Apemantus, a churlish philosopher]

"Buried Fortune,"
Shakespearean Whodunnits, 1997.
Based on the events in Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens, featuring Alcibiades, Strategos of Athens.

Athens

413 B.C.

Alan Gordon

The Fool's Guild Mysteries are set in locales around Medieval Europe, including Greek-speaking Byzantium during the ill-fated Fourth Crusade. 

"The Jester and the Saint,"
EQMM, December 1995; or Once Upon a Crime II, 1996.

Assisi, Italy

A.D. 1198

"The Jester and the Mathematician,"
EQMM, February 2000; or Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunits, 2005.

A.D. 1198

"The Jester and the Thieves,"
AHMM, October 2004; or also available in the paperback edition of A Death in the Venetian Quarter

Constantinople

c. A.D. 1203

"The Jester and the Captain,"
AHMM, March 2006

Constantinople

c. A.D. 1203

Claire Griffen

[Thersites, a deformed and scurrilous Greek]

"The Wine-Dark Cup,"
Shakespearean Detectives, 1998.
Based on the events in Shakespeare’s Troilus & Cressida, during the Trojan War.

Troy

c. 12th Century B.C.

Keith Heller  

[Epictetus, philosopher (c. A.D. 55 – 135)]

"The Brother in the Tree,"
Classical Whodunits, 1996.

Nicopolis

late 1^st Century A.D.

Herodotus (485?-425 B.C.)

[King Rhampsinitus, i.e. Pharaoh Rameses III]

"The Thief versus King Rhampsinitus,"
(The Mammoth Book of) Historical Whodunnits, 1993. This is one of the world’s earliest mystery stories, written by the Greek "Father of History" c.440 B.C. 

Egypt

12^th Century B.C.

see also Mary Reed & Eric Mayer’s stories featuring Herodotus.

Dorothy J. Heydt

Cynthia, a Greek healer, travels the Mediterranean just before the First Punic War (264–241 B.C.). She's featured in a series of fantasy adventures, including this one where she solves a mystery onboard a Roman ship. For more see The Dorothy J. Heydt bibliography. 

"The Gift of Minerva,"
Sword and Sorceress X , 1993.

Mediterranean Sea

271 B.C. 

Alexander Jablokov

[The Fury]

"The Fury at Colonus"

Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology, 1996. Based on the events in Aeschylus' Oresteia, the Ancient Greek trilogy of tragedies about the cursed House of Atreus.

Greece

present day

Brèni James

[Socrates, philosopher (469-399 B.C.)]

"Socrates Solves a Murder,"
EQMM, Oct. 1954; The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, 1993; or Once Upon a Crime II, 1996.

Athens

c. 417 B.C.

see also Steven Saylor's story featuring Eros

– "Death by Eros."

"The Gateway to Death 
(or Socrates Solves Another Murder),"
EQMM, Feb. 1955; or Classical Whodunits, 1996.

Athens

c. 417 B.C.

Andrew Lane

[Thaliard, a lord of Antioch]

“As Near to Lust as Flame to Smoke,”
Shakespearean Detectives, 1998.
Based on the events in Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

Syria

c. 3rd Century B.C.

Gillian Linscott

[Socrates, philosopher (469-399 B.C.)]

“Dialogue,”
Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, 1998.

Athens

417 B.C.

Jeffrey Marks & Lawrence Schimel

             see Lawrence Schimel & Jeffrey Marks

Theodore Mathieson

[Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia and Greece (356-323 B.C.)]

"Alexander the Great, Detective 
(or Death of the King),"
EQMM, Sep. 1959; Once Upon a Crime II, 1996; or Classical Whodunits, 1996.

Babylon

323 B.C.

see also Paul Doherty’s series of novels featuring Alexander the Great.

Eric Mayer & Mary Reed

             see Mary Reed & Eric Mayer

Amy Myers

[Aphrodite, Goddess of Love]

"Aphrodite’s Trojan Horse 
(or Murder on Mount Ida),"  
Classical Whodunits, 1996;

Murder, 'Orrible Murder, 2006. 

Mt. Olympus & Troy

10th -12th Century B.C.

"Aphrodite’s New Temple,"
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy, 1998.

Mt. Olympus & Albion

10th - 12th Century B.C.

"Who Killed Adonis?"
Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III, 1998; or

Murder, 'Orrible Murder, 2006. 

Mt. Olympus & Greece

10th - 12th Century B.C.

"Who Killed Dido?"
Murder Through the Ages, 2000; or

Murder, 'Orrible Murder, 2006.  

Mt. Olympus & Carthage

10th - 12th Century B.C.

Mt. Olympus & Babylon

10th - 12th Century B.C.

Mt. Olympus & Hades

10th - 12th Century B.C.

[Autolycus, a rogue]

"Who Killed Mamillius? 
(or Unconsidered Trifles)," 
Shakespearean Whodunnits, 1997.
Based on the events in Shakespeare’s The Winter's Tale.

Sicily

c. 4th Century B.C.

Kim Newman

[Viola]

“This is Illyria, Lady,”
Shakespearean Whodunnits, 1997.
Based on the events in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

Illyria (Balkans)

12th Century A.D.

Mary Reed & Eric Mayer

[John the Eunuch, Lord Chamberlain to Byzantine Emperor Justinian (A.D. 527-565)]

"A Byzantine Mystery,"
(The Mammoth Book of) Historical Whodunnits, 1993.

Constantinople

A.D. 532

"A Mithraic Mystery,"
(The Mammoth Book of) Historical Detectives, 1995.

Constantinople

A.D. 532-537

"Beauty More Stealthy," 
Classical Whodunits, 1996.  

Constantinople

A.D. 532-537

"Leap of Faith,"
EQMM, Nov. 1998.  

Constantinople

A.D. 532-537

"A Lock of Hair for Proserpine,"
Chronicles of Crime, 1999.  

rural Byzantium

A.D. 532-537

"And All That He Calls Family,"
The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits, 2001.  

rural Byzantium

A.D. 532-537

"The Finger of Aphrodite,"
The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, 2003.

Rome

A.D. 537

see also Mary Reed & Eric Mayer's series of novels featuring John the Eunuch, or see Mary Reed & Eric Mayer's website.

[Herodotus, historian and explorer (c.484-425 B.C.)]

"Chosen of the Nile,"
The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, 2002.

Egypt

c. 490-425 B.C.

"The Oracle of Amun,"
The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunits, 2005.

Egypt

c. 490-425 B.C.

In reality, the Greek, Herodotus, scribed one of the world’s earliest mystery stories – "The Thief versus King Rhampsinitus".

Rob Reginald

[Telemachos & Achilleus, Greek merchants]

“The Judgment of the Gods,”
The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunits, 2005.

Nineveh,
Assyria

681 B.C.

John Maddox Roberts

The SPQR stories and novels are set in locations across the Roman world. These two stories are set in Greece, which is under Roman rule at this time. For a detailed list of SPQR stories and novels, see The Detective & the Toga.  

"The Statuette of Rhodes,"
Classical Whodunits, 1996.

Rhodes

64 B.C.

"An Academic Question,"
Past Poisons, 1998.

Athens

53 B.C.

Steven Saylor

The Roma Sub Rosa stories and novels are set in locations across the Roman world. These two short stories are set in cities with Greek origins, under Roman control at this time. For a detailed list of Roma Sub Rosa stories and novels, see The Detective & the Toga, or www.stevensaylor.com.

"Archimedes’ Tomb,"
Crime Through Time, 1997; or
A Gladiator Dies Only Once, 2005.
 

Syracuse, Sicily

75 B.C.

see also Keith Taylor’s story featuring Archimedes – "The Favour of a Tyrant."
 

"Death by Eros,"
Past Poisons, 1998; or Death Comes Easy, 2003; or A Gladiator Dies only Once, 2005.

Neapolis (Naples)

75 B.C.

Lawrence Schimel & Jeffrey Marks

[Luciana, sister to Adriana]

“Stolen Affections,”
Shakespearean Detectives, 1998.
Based on the events in Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors.

Ephesus

c. 3rd Century B.C.

Darrell Schweitzer

[Diomedes, doctor]

"Murdered by Love,"
Shakespearean Detectives, 1998.
Based on the events in Shakespeare’s The Two Noble Kinsmen, during the reign of Theseus of Athens.

Athens

c. 12th Century B.C.

[Pliny the Younger, Roman administrator (A.D. 61-112)]

"Some Unpublished Correspondence of the Younger Pliny," The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, 2003.

Bithynia

A.D. 109-112

Brian Stableford

[Apollonius of Tyana, philosopher & miracle-worker (c. 1-50 A.D.)]

"The Gardens of Tantalus,"
Classical Whodunits, 1996.

Corinth

1^st Century A.D.

Kris Swank

[Kitane of Knossos, priestess]

"Bitter Honey,"
Orchard Press Mysteries, March 2008.

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Knossos, Crete

15^th Century B.C.

Marianne Wilski Strong

[Kleides the Sophist, philosopher & investigator for Pericles, Archon of Athens
(c. 495-420 B.C.)]

"The Lyre’s Song,"
AHMM, Jul./Aug. 2002.

Athens

c. 458-399 B.C.

"Death in an Olive Grove,"
AHMM, Apr. 2003.

 Athens

c. 458-399 B.C.

"Death at Olympia,"
AHMM, Jul./Aug. 2003.

Olympia

c. 458-399 B.C.

"Death at the Festival,"
AHMM, Mar. 2004.

Athens

c. 458-399 B.C.

"Death at the Theatre,"
AHMM, Jan./Feb. 2005.

Athens

c. 458-399 B.C.

"Death at the Port,"
AHMM, Jul./Aug. 2005.

Piraeus

c. 458-399 B.C.

"Death at Delphi,"
AHMM, Jun. 2006.

Delphi

c. 458-399 B.C.

Athens

c. 458-399 B.C.

Keith Taylor

[Archimedes, mathematician and inventor (c.287-212 B.C.)]

"The Favour of a Tyrant,"
Classical Whodunits, 1996.

Syracuse, Sicily

c. 264–241 B.C.

see also Steven Saylor’s 
“Archimedes’ Tomb”.

Ron Tiner

[Maria]

“A Kind of Wild Justice,”
Shakespearean Detectives, 1998.
Based on the events in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

Illyria (Balkans)

12th Century A.D.

Marilyn Todd

[The Oracle of Delphi]

“Death at Delphi,”
EQMM, March/April 2007.
 

Delphi

5th Century B.C.

Harry Turtledove

[Father George, priest]

“Farmer’s Law,”
Crime Through Time III, 2000.

Byzantium

A.D. 741-755