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800-700 BC Epic Poetry Homer Iliad, Odyssey, Homeric Hymns (Demeter, Apollo, Hermes…) Didactic Epic Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days.

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1 800-700 BC Epic Poetry Homer Iliad, Odyssey, Homeric Hymns (Demeter, Apollo, Hermes…) Didactic Epic Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days

2 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

3 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

4 Presocratic Philosophy & Science Thales: Water is the principle of all things Anaxagoras Anaximenes Xenophanes Empedocles: The four elements Parmenides

5 Tragedy (5th c. BC) Greek Drama: Tragedy: Aeschylos: Persians, Oresteia, Sophocles: Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Electra, Ajax Euripides: Bacchae, Andromache, Alcestis, Medea, Helen

6 Comedy Old Comedy (5 th c): Kratinos Pherecrates: Savages Aristophanes: Birds, Clouds, Frogs, Lysistrata New Comedy (Late 4 th c.) Menander Diphilos

7 Historiography (5th-4th c.) Historiography: Herodotos Thucydides Xenophon: Anabasis, Hellenica, Education of Cyrus, Spartan Constitution (essay and monograph)

8 Philosophy Philosophy: Socrates Plato, Dialogues Aristotle Democritus

9 Medicine and Sciences Medicine: Hippocrates Diocles of Carystus Mathematics and other sciences Pythagoras Aristotle

10 Oratory/Rhetoric (4th c.) Oratory Antiphon Lysias Isaios Isocrates Demosthenes Hypereides Literary Criticism and Rhetoric Gorgias Aristotle

11 Hellenistic Poetry and Historiography (3rd -2nd c. BC) Poetry: Theocritos (bucolic) Apollonios (epic) Kallimachos (lyric) Historiography: Polybios Dionysios Halicarnasseus

12 Philology Philology: Aristophanes Byzantios Dionysios Halicarnasseus Dionysius Thrax Aristarchus Didymus Chalcenterus Harpocration

13 Medicine and Anatomy Medicine/Anatomy: Herophilos, Erasistratos Rufus of Ephesos Asclepiades Soranos Pharmacology Theophrastus (4th c.) Dioscorides

14 Science and Mathematics Science and Mathematics: Euclid Ptolemy Archimedes Hippodamos

15 Hellenistic Philosophy Philosophy: Epicurus Chrysippos Zenon Cleanthes Cynics Sceptics

16 Imprerial Era/Late Antiquity Historiography/ Biography Plutarch Humor: Lucian Medicine: Galen Philosophy: Neoplatonics: Proclus Porphyry

17 Early Christianity (1st-4th c. AD) Early Chrisian authors: Dionysius Areopagites Irenaeus Justin Clement of Alexandria Origen

18 Byzantine Theology Theology: Basil Gregory Nazianzenus Gregory of Nyssa John Chrysostom Kavasilas Gregory Palamas

19 Byzantine Historiography Historiography: Procopius Agathias Emperor Constantine VII, Porphyrogennetos Michael Attaliates Michael Psellos Anna Komnene Niketas Choniates Emperor John VI Cantacuzene Chalkokondyles

20 Chronicle Chronicle: Malalas Theophanes Confessor Zonaras

21 Philology/Scholarship Philology: Hesychius Patriarch Photius Arethas Eustathius, Suda Byzantine Scholia and Lexica (e.g. Etymologicum Magnum) Triklinios Maximos Planudes John Tzetzes

22 Byzantine Hymnography Poetry/Hymnography: Romanos Melodos Akathist Hymn Kassiane Andrew of Crete John Damaskenos Kosmas Melodos (of Hierosolyma)

23 Early Modern Greek Literature Byzantine Epic Poetry (vernacular) Digenes Acritas Cretan Literature: George Chortatzis Vizentzos Kornaros Ottoman Period: Regas Ferraios Adamantios Koraes Demotic Poetry

24 The 19th Century The Ionian School: Solomos Kalvos Valaorites Laskaratos The Old Athenian School Soutsos Rangavis

25 The New Athenian School Palamas Drosines Krystalles

26 20th century poetry 20 th century Poetry: Konstantine Kavafis Karyotakis Seferis Elytis Ritsos Karelli Angelaki-Rooke

27 20th c. Fiction 20 th century Fictional Prose: Papadiamantis Delta Myrivilis Venezis Kazantzakis Tachtsis Ioannou

28 Modern Greek Theater/TV Xenopoulos Psathas Melas Pretenteris

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