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800-700 BC. Epic Poetry Homer Iliad, Odyssey , Homeric Hymns (Demeter, Apollo, Hermes…) Didactic Epic Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days. Early Greek Lyric 7th-6th c. . Early Greek Lyric Kallinos: Elegy Tyrtaios: Patriotic Elegy
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800-700 BC • Epic Poetry • Homer Iliad, Odyssey, Homeric Hymns (Demeter, Apollo, Hermes…) • Didactic Epic • Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days
Early Greek Lyric 7th-6th c. • Early Greek Lyric • Kallinos: Elegy • Tyrtaios: Patriotic Elegy • Archilochos: Iambic poetry: Revolution of themes and meters • Simonides: Epigram • Stesichoros: Myth • Theognis: Aristocratic Poetry • Hipponax: Famously biting verses
Mature Greek Lyric (6th century) • Sappho: The first woman poet whose work partially survives • Alcaeus: Drinking songs, hymns, love songs, and political odes • Pindar and Bacchylides: Epinician Songs • Alcman: Choral poetry • Anacreon: Playful love poetry
Presocratic Philosophy & Science • Thales: Water is the principle of all things • Anaxagoras • Anaximenes • Xenophanes • Empedocles: The four elements • Parmenides
Tragedy (5th c. BC) • Greek Drama: Tragedy: • Aeschylos: Persians, Oresteia, • Sophocles: Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Electra, Ajax • Euripides: Bacchae, Andromache, Alcestis, Medea, Helen
Comedy • Old Comedy (5th c): • Kratinos • Pherecrates: Savages • Aristophanes: Birds, Clouds, Frogs, Lysistrata • New Comedy (Late 4th c.) • Menander • Diphilos
Historiography (5th-4th c.) • Historiography: • Herodotos • Thucydides • Xenophon: Anabasis, Hellenica, Education of Cyrus, Spartan Constitution (essay and monograph)
Philosophy • Philosophy: • Socrates • Plato, Dialogues • Aristotle • Democritus
Medicine and Sciences • Medicine: • Hippocrates • Diocles of Carystus • Mathematics and other sciences • Pythagoras • Aristotle
Oratory/Rhetoric (4th c.) • Oratory • Antiphon • Lysias • Isaios • Isocrates • Demosthenes • Hypereides • Literary Criticism and Rhetoric • Gorgias • Aristotle
Hellenistic Poetry and Historiography (3rd -2nd c. BC) • Poetry: • Theocritos (bucolic) • Apollonios (epic) • Kallimachos (lyric) • Historiography: • Polybios • Dionysios Halicarnasseus
Philology • Philology: • Aristophanes Byzantios • Dionysios Halicarnasseus • Dionysius Thrax • Aristarchus • Didymus Chalcenterus • Harpocration
Medicine and Anatomy • Medicine/Anatomy: • Herophilos, • Erasistratos • Rufus of Ephesos • Asclepiades • Soranos • Pharmacology • Theophrastus (4th c.) • Dioscorides
Science and Mathematics • Science and Mathematics: • Euclid • Ptolemy • Archimedes • Hippodamos
Hellenistic Philosophy • Philosophy: • Epicurus • Chrysippos • Zenon • Cleanthes • Cynics • Sceptics
Imprerial Era/Late Antiquity • Historiography/ • Biography • Plutarch • Humor: • Lucian • Medicine: • Galen • Philosophy: • Neoplatonics: • Proclus • Porphyry
Early Christianity (1st-4th c. AD) • Early Chrisian authors: • Dionysius Areopagites • Irenaeus • Justin • Clement of Alexandria • Origen
Byzantine Theology • Theology: • Basil • Gregory Nazianzenus • Gregory of Nyssa • John Chrysostom • Kavasilas • Gregory Palamas
Byzantine Historiography • Historiography: • Procopius • Agathias • Emperor Constantine VII, Porphyrogennetos • Michael Attaliates • Michael Psellos • Anna Komnene • Niketas Choniates • Emperor John VI Cantacuzene • Chalkokondyles
Chronicle • Chronicle: • Malalas • Theophanes Confessor • Zonaras
Philology/Scholarship • Philology: • Hesychius • Patriarch Photius • Arethas • Eustathius, • Suda • Byzantine Scholia and Lexica (e.g. Etymologicum Magnum) • Triklinios • Maximos Planudes • John Tzetzes
Byzantine Hymnography • Poetry/Hymnography: • Romanos Melodos • Akathist Hymn • Kassiane • Andrew of Crete • John Damaskenos • Kosmas Melodos (of Hierosolyma)
Early Modern Greek Literature • Byzantine Epic Poetry (vernacular) • Digenes Acritas • Cretan Literature: • George Chortatzis • Vizentzos Kornaros • Ottoman Period: • Regas Ferraios • Adamantios Koraes • Demotic Poetry
The 19th Century • The Ionian School: • Solomos • Kalvos • Valaorites • Laskaratos • The Old Athenian School • Soutsos • Rangavis
The New Athenian School • The New Athenian School • Palamas • Drosines • Krystalles
20th century poetry • 20th century Poetry: • Konstantine Kavafis • Karyotakis • Seferis • Elytis • Ritsos • Karelli • Angelaki-Rooke
20th c. Fiction • 20th century Fictional Prose: • Papadiamantis • Delta • Myrivilis • Venezis • Kazantzakis • Tachtsis • Ioannou
Modern Greek Theater/TV • Modern Greek Theater/TV • Xenopoulos • Psathas • Melas • Pretenteris