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Greek Greek Greek Literature and Drama Literature and Drama
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Homer Date Born: c.750 B.C. Major Works:write poems called <lliad> and <Odyssey> Important Information: Homer created a different style of poetry that influenced that followed.His epics are long and invovle complex characters,dramatic action,and interesting events.
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Aesop Date Born: About 550B.C.
Major Works:writed the fable and influenced Greece Important Information:His one of the best-known fables is 'The Tortoise and the Hare.'For about 200 years,his fables were a part of Greece's oral tradition,This means they were passed from person to person by word of mouth long before they were ever written down.
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Sophocles(Philoctetes)
Date Born:About 310B.C.~250B.C. Major Works: Important Information:According to Homer's 《lliad》,he was the Greek general in Trojan war.Have the biliity to shoot a bow accurately.During a trip to Troy,bit by a water snake.
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Aeschylus Date Born:c.525/524 BC – c. 456/455 BC
Major Works:The Persians, Seven against Thebes, The Suppliants, the Oresteia Important Information: He is often described as the father of tragedy. He was one of the three best-known writers. He introduced costumes, prop, and stage decorations.
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Aristophones Date Born:B.C446~B.C385
Major Works: “Aharnians people" “The Party” “ Lysistrata ” Important Information: Plato wrote two lines of the epitaph for him: Miller goddess for a monumental palace, They finally found Aristophanes ling.
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