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Who was Homer?
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ninth century BC wrote Odyssey and Iliad
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Products of non-literate culture.
First works of Western literature |
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Who was Sappho?
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612 BC
credited with verse fragments |
wrote Early Greek poetry
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who was Aeschylus?
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525-456 BC
Orestia (Agamemnon, Choephori, and Eumenides) |
Responsible for the origin and development of Greek drama; introduced second speaking character and concept of conflict
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Who was Sophocles?
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496-406 BC
Oedipus, Tyrannus, Antigone, Electra |
Added third speaking character and moved Greek drama further from religious commentary to more basic human interaction
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Who was Euripides?
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484-405 BC
The Trojan Women, Hele, The Bacchae |
Chiefly responsible for introducing the technique of deus ex machina (a seemingly inextricable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object.)
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Who is Aristophanes?
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450- 385 BC
Lysistrata, The Clouds, the Birds |
Considered the father of Greek comedy
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Who was Plato?
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428- 399 BC
Republic, Apology, Symposium |
Father of Western Philosophy
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Who was Aristotle?
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384-322 BC
The Poetics |
Introduced and popularized the concept of literary criticism
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Who was Virgil?
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70-19 BC
the Aeneid |
(Publius Vergilius Maro)
Popularized the pastoral poem and the concept of civic virtue |
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Who was Ovid?
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43 BC- 18 AD
Metamorphoses, Love's Remedy |
(Publius Ovidius Naso)
Brought erotic verse to popularity |
