The first volume of the anthology "The World of Antiquity in the Mirror of Russian Poetry" is a unique selection of works by Russian poets of the 18th - early XX centuries, rediscovering the fairy-tale world of ancient mythology: the emergence of space from chaos, the birth of the first deities, the formation of the Olympic system of gods, their functions and main features, as well as the most popular plots of heroic mythology. This publication is intended for students of higher educational institutions of humanitarian specialties, as well as for everyone interested in the history and culture of antiquity.