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By: Adam Aziz & Ramiz Ayyash

Ancient Greek Literature. By: Adam Aziz & Ramiz Ayyash. Introduction. Did you know, literature was the writing of the ancient Greeks. One of the greatest literatures is Homer. In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is famous for its epic poetry. General Information.

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By: Adam Aziz & Ramiz Ayyash

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  1. Ancient Greek Literature By: Adam Aziz & Ramiz Ayyash

  2. Introduction • Did you know, literature was the writing of the ancient Greeks. One of the greatest literatures is Homer. In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is famous for its epic poetry.

  3. General Information • The writing of the ancient Greeks. • The Greek Isles are recognized as the birthplace of Western intellectual life. • The way we write sentences comes from the Greek language . • The Greeks invented drama. • They developed historical writing. • Modern historians are following in the footsteps of the Greek writers like Herodotus and Thucydides. • Herodotus is known as the father of history. • Thucydides wrote about wars between Athens and Sparta. He is considered one of the greatest historians of the ancient world.

  4. Homer • Homer is the man who, according to legend, wrote the two great epics of Greek history: the Iliad (the tale of Achilles and the Trojan War) and the Odyssey (about the travels of Odysseus). Both books are considered landmarks in human literature and Homer is therefore often cited as the starting point of Western literary and historical tradition. The details of Homer's life are a mystery; some scholars believe that no such man ever existed, and that the works credited to him were actually told and gathered by many people over many centuries. Other stories give various birthplaces and ages for Homer and suggest he was a wandering poet or minstrel. Homer is usually said to have been blind, a point on which nearly all the legends agree.

  5. Thucydides • Greatest of ancient Greek historians. An Athenian who commanded a fleet in the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides failed to prevent the capture of the important city of Amphipolis and consequently was exiled for 20 years. During that period he wrote his History of the Peloponnesian War; evidently he did not live to complete it, for it stops abruptly in 411 BC. It presents the first recorded political and moral analysis of a nation's war policies, treating the causes of the conflict, the characters of the two states, and the technical aspects of warfare in a carefully drawn, strictly chronological narrative of events, including some in which he took an active part.

  6. Reference • Websites: • "Ancient Greek Literature - New World Encyclopedia." Info:Main Page - New World Encyclopedia. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ancient_Greek_literature>. • Antiquity, In Late. "Homer: Biography from Answers.com." Answers.com: Wiki Q&A Combined with Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Encyclopedias. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.answers.com/topic/homer>. • Books: • Bower, Bert, and Jim Lobdell. The Ancient World: Interactive Student Notebook. Palo Alto, Ca.: Teachers Curriculum Institute, 2004. Print. • Minnis, Ivan. You Are in Ancient Greece. Chicago, Ill.: Raintree, 2005. Print.

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