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Homer (appox. 9th Cen. B.C.) [image] |
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Works: Odyssey, Iliad Products of a non-literate culture First works of Western Literature |
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Sappho (appx. 612 B.C.) [image] |
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Verse fragments -Early Greek poetry |
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Aeschylus (525 B.C. - 456 B.C.) [image] |
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Oresteia (Agamemnon, Chophori, Eumenides) -Responsible for the origin and development of Greek Drama -Introduced 2nd speaking character -Concept of Conflict |
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Sophocles (496 B.C. - 406 B.C.) [image] |
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Oedipus Tyrannus, Antigone, Electra -Added 3rd speaking character -moved Greek drama further from religious commentary to more basic human interaction |
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Euripides (485 B.C. - 405 B.C.) [image] |
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The Trojan Women, Helen, The Bacchae -Chiefly responsible for introducing the technique of dues ex machina "god from a machine" |
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Aristophanes (450 B.C. - 385 B.C.) [image] |
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Lysistrata, The Clouds, The Birds -Considered the father of Greek Comedy |
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Plato (428 B.C. - 399 B.C.) [image] |
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Republic, Apology, Symposium -Father of Western philosophy |
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Aristotle (384 B.C. - 322 B.C.) [image] |
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The Poetics -Introduced and popularized the concept of literary criticism |
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Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro (70 B.C. - 19 B.C.) [image] |
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The Aeneid -Popularized the pastoral poem and the concept of civic virtue |
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Ovid Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C. - 18 A.D.) [image] |
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Metamorphoses, Love's Remedy -Brought erotic verse to popularity |
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