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Ancient Greek literature is literature written in the Ancient Greek language from the earliest texts until the time of the Byzantine Empire. The earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, dating back to the early Archaic period, are the two epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, set in an idealized archaic past today identified as ...
History of poetry. The Deluge tablet, carved in stone, of the Gilgamesh epic in Akkadian, circa 2nd millennium BC. Poetry as an oral art form likely predates written text. [1] The earliest poetry is believed to have been recited or sung, employed as a way of remembering oral history, genealogy, and law. Poetry is often closely related to ...
Greek lyric. Alcaeus and Sappho (Brygos Painter, Attic red-figure kalathos, c. 470 BC) Greek lyric is the body of lyric poetry written in dialects of Ancient Greek. It is primarily associated with the early 7th to the early 5th centuries BC, sometimes called the " Lyric Age of Greece ", [1] but continued to be written into the Hellenistic and ...
Philitas of Cos (c. 340 – c. 285 BC), Alexandrian poet and critic, founder of the Alexandrian school of poetry. Philocles, Athenian tragic poet during the 5th century BCE. Philoxenus of Cythera (435 BC–380 BC) a dithyrambic poet. Phocylides gnomic poet of Miletus, contemporary of Theognis of Megara, born about 560 BC.
The Odyssey (/ ˈɒdɪsi /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2][3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books. It follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king ...
Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings. Any particular instance of poetry is called a poem and is written by a poet.
Ancient literature comprises religious and scientific documents, tales, poetry and plays, royal edicts and declarations, and other forms of writing that were recorded on a variety of media, including stone, clay tablets, papyri, palm leaves, and metal. Before the spread of writing, oral literature did not always survive well, but some texts and ...
Homer (/ ˈhoʊmər /; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros; born c.8th century BCE) was an Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history.