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Olympic Ode 1
(Lyric Poem, Greek, 476 BCE, 116 lines)Introduction "Olympian Ode 1" is one of the best known of the many victory poems of the ancient Greek lyric ...
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Pindar
(Lyric Poet, Greek, c. 522 – c. 443 BCE)Introduction Pindar was one of the most famous ancient Greek lyric poets, and perhaps the best known of the...
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Hymn to Aphrodite
(Lyric Poem, Greek, c. 570 BCE, 28 lines)Introduction “Hymn to Aphrodite” (sometimes referred to as "Ode to Aphrodite" or “Fragment 1”) is the only...
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Sappho
(Lyric Poet, Greek, c. 630 – c. 570 BCE)Introduction - Who is Sappho Sappho was the quintessential lyric poet of ancient Greece. Although the bulk ...
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Theogony
(Didactic Poem, Greek, c. 700 BCE, 1,022 lines)Introduction - What is Theogony and why is it important? The "Theogony" (Gr: "Theogonia") of the anc...
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Works and Days
(Didactic Poem, Greek, c. 700 BCE, 828 lines)Introduction "Works and Days" (Gr:"Erga kaí Hemérai"; Lat: “Opera et Dies”) is a didactic poem written...
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Hesiod
(Didactic Poet, Greek, c. 750 – c. 700 BCE)Introduction Hesiod is often paired with his near contemporary Homer as one of the earliest Greek poets ...
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Fables
(Fables, Greek, c. 550 BCE)Introduction "Aesop's Fables" (Lat: "Aesopica") refers to a collection of well-known fables credited to Aesop, a slave a...
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Aesop
(Fabulist, Greek, c. 620 – c. 560 BCE)Introduction Aesop was by tradition a Greek slave, and he is known today exclusively for the genre of fables ...
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The Odyssey
(Epic Poem, Greek, c. 725 BCE, 12,110 lines)Introduction “The Odyssey” (Gr: “Odysseia”) is the second of the two epic poems attributed to the ancie...
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The Iliad
(Epic Poem, Greek, c. 750 BCE, 15,693 linesIntroduction - Who wrote the Iliad "The Iliad" (Gr: "Iliás") is an epic poem by the ancient Greek poet H...
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Homer
(Epic Poet, Greek, c. 750 - c. 700 BCE)Introduction Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek epic poems "The Iliad" and "T...