Greek Literature Flashcards
Greece in Latin word
Graecia
Greece in Greek word
Graikoi
Original Greek name of Greece and its meaning
Hellas - The land of the Helens
Refers to writings composed in areas of Greek influence, throughout the whole period in which Greek-speaking people have existed
Greek Literature
refers to literature written in Ancient Greek from the oldest surviving written works
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek comes from before AD _
AD 350
Periods during the Ancient Greek
Pre classical
Classical
Hellenistic
Roman Age
At the beginning of Greek Literature stands the two monumental works of Homer - Iliad and Odyssey ; and the works of the poet Hesoid - works and days, and Theogony
PRECLASSICAL
2 monumental works of Homer
Iliad and Odyssey
2 works of the poet Hesoid
Works and Days
Theogony
genres of western Literature became more prominent
CLASSICAL
2 major lyrical poets during the Classical period
Sappho
Pindar
3 Authors known for drama
Euripides
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Comedy Authors
Aristophanes and Menander
Historians Authors
Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon
Philosophy Authors
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Rising of Greek Poetry
Hellenistic
Chief Poets
Theocritus, Callimachus, Apollonius of Rhodes.
the translation of the Old testament into Greek language whereas 72 scholars did the work
Hellenistic
During what AD does byzantine occur
AD 290-1453
written in medieval and early modern greek era
Byzantine empire
It is a multiform organism, combining Greek and Christian civilization
Byzantine
4 diff elements during the Byzantine period
Greek, roman, Christian, and oriental
Chronicles and encyclopedias arose from this period
Byzantine
