Greece
Literature and Drama
(literati)
SOME FAMOUS GREEK
LITERATURE
And drama...
• Homer
• Aesop
• Sophocles
• Aristophones
• Aeschylus
• Euripides
Homer
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born about 750 before century
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wrote the
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lliad and the Odyssey
Homer created a different style of epic
because of the combine of fables with
gods. Most of them are long and involve
complex characters,dramatic
actions,or something creative.
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Aesop
born about 550B.C.
he composed Aesop's fables
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• his one of the best-known fables is 'The
Tortoise and the Hare.'For about 200
years,his fables were a part of Greece oral
tradition.This means they were passed from
person to person by words of
mouth long before they were ever
written down.
Sophocles
• born about 310B.C.~250B.C.
• he composed seven tragedies
• Important Information:According to
Homer's Iliad ,he was the Greek general
in Trojan war. The most popular
works are Oedipus Rex and Antigone
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.
Aeschylus
• Date Born:B.C524 –B.C456
• Major Works: The Persians, Seven against
Thebes, The Suppliants
• Important Information: He is often described as
the father of tragedy.
• He was a deep, religious thinker.
• He was the first of the three ancient Greek
tragedians whose plays can still be read or
performed.
• He introduced costumes, prop, and stage
decorations.
Euripides
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Date Born: 485 or 480 years -- 406 B.C.
Major Work: “Alcestis” “Ion”
Important information:
Askew Ross and Sophocles
and known as the three
Greek tragedy master,
he composed more than ninety
works, and still retained eighteen.
by Louise Erin Noah