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HOMER
- 9TH CENTURY BC
- ODYSSEY
- ILLIAD
- NON-LITERATE CUTURE
- 1ST WORKS OF WESTERN LIT
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SAPPHO
- 612 BC
- VERSE FRAGMENTS
- EARLY GREEK POETRY
- LESBIAN?
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AESCHYLUS
- 525 BC-456 BC
- ORESTIA (AGAMEMEMNON, CHOPHORI, EUMENIDES)
- DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK DRAMA
- INTRODUCED 2ND SPEAKING CHARACTER
- CONCEPT OF CONFLICT
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SOPHOCLES
- 496 BC-406 BC
- 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 BC- 405 BC
- THE TROJEN WOMEN
- HELEN
- THE BACCHAE
- INTRODUCED THE TECHNIQUE OF DEUS EX MACHINA
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ARISTOPHANES
- 450 BC- 385 BC
- LYSISTRATA
- THE CLOUDS
- THE BIRDS
- FATHER OF GREEK COMEDY
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PLATO
- 428 BC, 399 BC
- REPUBLIC
- APOLOGY
- SYMPOSIUM
- FATHER OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
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ARISTOTLE
- 384 BC-322 BC
- THE POETICS
- INTRODUCED LITERARY CRITICISM
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VIRGIL
- 70 BC- 19 BC
- THE AENEID
- AKA PUBLIUS VEGILIUS MARO
- POPULARIZED THE PASTORAL POEM AND THE CONCEPT OF CIVIC VIRTUE
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OVID
- 43 BC-18 AD
- METAMORPHOSIS
- LOVE'S REMEDY
- AKA PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
- BROUGHT EROTIC VERSE TO POPULARITY
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