Greek literature

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Works written by ancient Greek and Roman authors have made a major impact on the world’s culture and society. They profoundly shaped medieval thought, as you can discover in Cillian O’Hogan’s article The Classical Past on the Polonsky England and France 700-1200 project website. Compared to their afterlife and significance,...

Borrowing from the Phoenecian alphabet and the Minoan linear syllabary, the classical “Eucledian” Greek alphabet helped advance Greek literature and science (Greek symbols are still used by modern scientists and mathematicians). The modern Greek language still uses a derivative of the classic alphabet, not the latin script most other European languages adopted.

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A list of the best greek classics that have been translated into many languages

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By G. O. Hutchinson How could you have one novel, poem, children’s book, that wasn’t influenced by others? But people haven’t much considered what distinguishes literary interaction that jumps across languages and countries.

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Homer, Iliad, Odyssey, Virgil, Aeneid

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Bridget on Instagram: "Between the three great Athenian tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, who is your favorite? Why? 🎭 My favorite is easily Aeschylus. The Oresteia is absolutely amazing in every way, plus I love his other plays so it’s hardly a tough choice. That said, I love the other two and I have yet to read a Greek play that I didn’t like. Plus, Euripides gave us Hippolytus and Sophocles gave us a truly superb portrayal of Creon of Thebes. I have to appreciate that 😌 Do…

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Greek Literature. Handwritten books--so beautiful and an art form that's nearly lost.

A brilliant, fascinating portrait of the intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers during the Age of Rome.In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years later, when Athens and other Greek city-states rebelled against Rome, the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla destroyed the city of Socrates and Plato, laying waste to the famous Academy where Aristotle had studied. However, the traditions of Greek cultural life continued to flourish during the…

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