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SapphoSappho ( Attic Greek Σαπφω, Aeolic Greek Ψαπφα, Sapph was an Ancient Greek poet, from the city of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, which was a cultural centre in the 7th century BC. She was born sometime be

SimonidesSimonides of Ceos (c. 556- 469 BC), Greek lyric poet, was born at Iulis in the island of Ceos. During his youth he taught poetry and music in his native island, and composed paeans for the festivals of Apollo. Finding little scope for his abilities at hom

StesichorusStesichorus (circa 640- 555 BC), Greek lyric poet, a native of Himera in Sicily, or of Mataurus a Locrian colony in the south of Italy.

See also: Greek AnthologyGreek Anthology is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the Ancient and Byzantine periods of Greek Literature. While papyri containing fragments of collections of poetry have been found in Egypt, the earliest known anthology in Greek was comp

DramaThis article refers to the art form. For the town, see Drama, Greece . Drama is a term generally used to refer to an art form involving performances by actors, either real or computer-generated. These performances can be in a variety of media: live perfor

AeschylusThis article is about the ancient Greek playwright. For other uses, see Aeschylus (disambiguation Aeschylus ( 525— 456 BC; Greek: iota;υ&omicron was a playwright of ancient Greece. Born in Eleusis, a district of the Athenian state, he wrote his fi:

The OresteiaIntroduction The Oresteia is a trilogy of tragedies about the end of the curse on the House of Atreus, written by Aeschylus. It is the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays, although the fourth satyr play that would have been performed with it has:
The Persians
Prometheus Bound
Seven Against Thebes
The Suppliants

Plato:
- The Apology
- The Republic
- Phaedrus

Xenophon:
- Anabasis
- Socrates' Defence
- Memoirs of Socrates
- The Dinner-party
- The Estate-manager

3 History

Thucydides
- History of the Peloponnesian War
Herodotus
- The histories of Herodotus

4 See Also

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Individual eras: Early Helladic, Middle Helladic, Late Helladic, Hellenic civilization, Hellenistic civilization
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