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  1. HOMER
    • 9TH CENTURY BC
    • ODYSSEY
    • ILLIAD
    • NON-LITERATE CUTURE
    • 1ST WORKS OF WESTERN LIT
  2. SAPPHO
    • 612 BC
    • VERSE FRAGMENTS
    • EARLY GREEK POETRY
    • LESBIAN?
  3. AESCHYLUS
    • 525 BC-456 BC
    • ORESTIA (AGAMEMEMNON, CHOPHORI, EUMENIDES)
    • DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK DRAMA
    • INTRODUCED 2ND SPEAKING CHARACTER
    • CONCEPT OF CONFLICT
  4. 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
  5. EURIPIDES
    • 485 BC- 405 BC
    • THE TROJEN WOMEN
    • HELEN
    • THE BACCHAE
    • INTRODUCED THE TECHNIQUE OF DEUS EX MACHINA
  6. ARISTOPHANES
    • 450 BC- 385 BC
    • LYSISTRATA
    • THE CLOUDS
    • THE BIRDS
    • FATHER OF GREEK COMEDY
  7. PLATO
    • 428 BC, 399 BC
    • REPUBLIC
    • APOLOGY
    • SYMPOSIUM
    • FATHER OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
  8. ARISTOTLE
    • 384 BC-322 BC
    • THE POETICS
    • INTRODUCED LITERARY CRITICISM
  9. VIRGIL
    • 70 BC- 19 BC
    • THE AENEID
    • AKA PUBLIUS VEGILIUS MARO
    • POPULARIZED THE PASTORAL POEM AND THE CONCEPT OF CIVIC VIRTUE
  10. OVID
    • 43 BC-18 AD
    • METAMORPHOSIS
    • LOVE'S REMEDY
    • AKA PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
    • BROUGHT EROTIC VERSE TO POPULARITY
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ancientlit
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Ancient lit
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