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Greek literature - Classical Greek. Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in Ancient Greek from the oldest surviving written works in the Greek language until the 4th century and the rise of the Byzantine Empire. At the beginning of Greek literature stand the two monumental works of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. The other great poet of the preclassical period was Hesiod. His two works were Works and Days and Theogony'.' The two major lyrical poets were Sappho ...

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Greek literature, Greek literature - Ancient Greek literature before AD 300, Greek literature - Classical Greek, Greek literature - Hellenism, Greek literature - Roman Age, Greek literature - Byzantine literature AD 300-1453, Greek literature - Modern Greek literature post 1453

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The Oresteia is a trilogy of tragedies about the end of the curse on the House of Atreus, written by Aeschylus. It is the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays, although the fourth satyr play that would have been performed with it has not survived. The trilogy was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize. The Oresteia - Agamemnon. The Oresteia - Introduction. Agamemnon details the return of Agamemnon, King ...

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• The Oresteia - Agamemnon
• The Oresteia - Introduction
• The Oresteia - Storyline
• The Oresteia - The Libation Bearers
• The Oresteia - Introduction
• The Oresteia - Storyline
• The Oresteia - The Eumenides
• The Oresteia - Introduction
• The Oresteia - Storyline
• The Oresteia - Analysis
• The Oresteia - The Oresteia in the arts and popular culture

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Aristophanes (c. 448 BC-380 BC; Greek ΄Αριστοφανης) was a Greek comic dramatist. The place and even the exact date of his birth are unknown, but he was probably educated in Athens. He was from the Athenian deme of Kudathenaium. He is famous for writing comedies such as The Birds for the two Athenian festivals: the Dionysia and the Lenea. He wrote forty plays, eleven of which still survive, and his plays are the only surviving examples of Old Attic Comedy. Many of his plays were political, and often satirized ...

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• Aristophanes - Surviving plays
• Aristophanes - Dated non-surviving plays
• Aristophanes - Undated non-surviving plays

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The Alexander Romance is any of several collections of legends concerning the mythical exploits of Alexander the Great. The earliest version is in Greek, dating to the 3rd century. Several late manuscripts attribute the work to Alexander's court historian Callisthenes, but the historical figure died before Alexander and couldn't have written a full account of his life. The unknown author is still sometimes called "Pseudo-Callisthenes". Alexander Romance - Versions of the Romance. Alexander was ...

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• Alexander Romance - Versions of the Romance
• Alexander Romance - Li romans d'Alixandre: Alexander in 12th century French literature

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Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the geographical peninsula of modern Greece, but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled in ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Turkey (then known as Ionia), Sicily and southern Italy (known as Magna Graecia), and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, southern France, sout ...

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• Ancient Greece - Origins
• Ancient Greece - The rise of Hellas
• Ancient Greece - Social and political conflict
• Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars
• Ancient Greece - The dominance of Athens
• Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
• Ancient Greece - Spartan and Theban dominance
• Ancient Greece - The rise of Macedon
• Ancient Greece - The conquests of Alexander
• Ancient Greece - Society
• Ancient Greece - Social Structure
• Ancient Greece - Way of Life
• Ancient Greece - Education

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The Oresteia - Introduction. Agamemnon details the return of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War to his death. Waiting at home for him is his wife, Clytemnestra, who has been planning his death as revenge for the sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia. Furthermore, in the ten years of Agamemnon's absence, Clytemnestra has entered into an adulterous relationship with Aegisthus, Agamemnon's cousin and the scion of a dispossessed branch of the family, who is determined to regain the throne he believes should rightfully belong to him. ...

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The Oresteia, The Oresteia - Agamemnon, The Oresteia - Introduction, The Oresteia - Storyline, The Oresteia - The Libation Bearers, The Oresteia - Introduction, The Oresteia - Storyline, The Oresteia - The Eumenides, The Oresteia - Introduction, The Oresteia - Storyline, The Oresteia - Analysis, The Oresteia - The Oresteia in the arts and popular culture

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The distinguishing features of ancient Greek society were the division between free and slave, the differing roles of men and women, the relative lack of status distinctions based on birth, and the importance of religion. The way of life of the Athenians was more common in the Greek world than Sparta's special system. Ancient Greece - Social Structure. Only free people could be citizens entitled to the full protection of the law in a city-state. In most city-states, unlike Rome, social promenece did not al ...

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Ancient Greece, Ancient Greece - Origins, Ancient Greece - The rise of Hellas, Ancient Greece - Social and political conflict, Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars, Ancient Greece - The dominance of Athens, Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War, Ancient Greece - Spartan and Theban dominance, Ancient Greece - The rise of Macedon, Ancient Greece - The conquests of Alexander, Ancient Greece - Society, Ancient Greece - Social Structure, Ancient Greece - Way of Life, Ancient Greece - Education

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Attributed to French clergyman Alexandre de Bernay (also known as Alexandre de Pâris), the Roman d'Alexandre (Li romans d'Alixandre) is based on the translations of various episodes of the conqueror's life as composed by previous poets (Lambert de Tort, Eustache and more importantly Albéric of Besancon). Unlike other authors of the era who undertook the Alexander saga, he did not base his work on the Pseudo-Callisthenes or on the various translations of Julius Valerius's work. As is common in medieval literature, the project ...

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Alexander Romance, Alexander Romance - Versions of the Romance, Alexander Romance - Li romans d'Alixandre: Alexander in 12th century French literature

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Papadiamantis' longest works were the serialized novels "The Gypsy Girl," "The Emigrant," and "Merchants of Nations." These were adventures set around the Mediterranean, with rich plots involving captivity, war, pirates, the plague, etc. However, the author is best remembered for his scores of short stories. Written in his own version of the then official language of Greece, "katharevousa" (a "purist" written language heavily influenced by ancient Greek), Papadiamantis' stories are little gems. They provide lucid and lyrical portraits of cou ...

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Alexandros Papadiamantis, Alexandros Papadiamantis - His Life, Alexandros Papadiamantis - His Work

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The noun Greek refers to: Synonymous to Grecian; a native or inhabitant of Greece (Ελλάδα), or a person of Greek descent. - main articles: Greek people and Names of the Greeks The Indo-European language of the Greeks. - see main article: Greek language The adjective Greek may refer to a number of things relating to: Greek - History & Geography. Greek history Aegean Civilization (befor ...

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• Greek - History & Geography
• Greek - Language & Culture
• Greek - Science and technology
• Greek - Academic traditions
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The anonymous Homeric Hymns celebrating individual gods are a collection of ancient Greek hymns, "Homeric" in the sense that they employ the same dactylic hexameter as the Iliad and Odyssey and are couched in the same dialect. They were attributed to Homer himself in Antiquity—from the earliest written reference to them, Thucydides (iii.104)—and the label has stuck. The oldest of them were written in the 7th century BCE, the days of Hesiod; somewhat later than the date ordinarily ascribed to the first transcri ...

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The Oresteia - Introduction. The Libation Bearers (also known as Choephoroe) is the second play of the Oresteia. It deals with the reunion of Agamemnon's children, Electra and Orestes and their revenge. The Oresteia - Storyline. In the palace of Argos, Clytemnestra, who now shares her bed and the throne with her lover Aegisthus, is roused from slumber by a nightmare: she dreamt that she gave birth to a snake, and the snake now feeds from her bosom and draws ...

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The Oresteia, The Oresteia - Agamemnon, The Oresteia - Introduction, The Oresteia - Storyline, The Oresteia - The Libation Bearers, The Oresteia - Introduction, The Oresteia - Storyline, The Oresteia - The Eumenides, The Oresteia - Introduction, The Oresteia - Storyline, The Oresteia - Analysis, The Oresteia - The Oresteia in the arts and popular culture

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Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives (Latin: M·LICINIVS·P·F·P·N·CRASSVS·DIVES¹) (ca. 115 BC–53 BC) was a Roman general and politician who suppressed the slave revolt led by Spartacus and entered into a secret pact, known as the First Triumvirate, with Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar. He was known as one of the richest men of the era (Dives is Latin for "rich") and was killed after a defeat at Carrhae. Of the three informal triumvirs who helped bring an end to the Roman Republic, somehow Crassus, unli ...

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• Marcus Licinius Crassus - Consulship and the First Triumvirate
• Marcus Licinius Crassus - Disaster in Parthia
• Marcus Licinius Crassus - Legacy
• Marcus Licinius Crassus - Chronology
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Arthurian legend or the Matter of Britain is a name given collectively to the legends that concern the Celtic and legendary history of the British Isles, especially those centering around King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. The twelfth century French poet Jean Bodel created the name in a chanson de geste he wrote, the Chanson de Saisnes, in which appear the lines: Ne sont que iii matières à nul homme atandant, De France et de Bretaigne, et de Rome la grant. (There are but 3 literary cycles that no one should be without: the ...

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• Matter of Britain - Themes and subjects
• Matter of Britain - Legendary history of Britain
• Matter of Britain - The Arthurian cycle
• Matter of Britain - Characters and subjects
• Matter of Britain - Legendary kings and founders
• Matter of Britain - Arthur and his entourage
• Matter of Britain - Knights of the Round Table
• Matter of Britain - Other important figures
• Matter of Britain - Noteworthy authors
• Matter of Britain - Medieval
• Matter of Britain - Modern
• Matter of Britain - Anonymous
• Matter of Britain - References and sources

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Andrew Melville (August 1, 1545-1622) was a Scottish scholar, theologian and religious reformer. He was born at Baldovy near Montrose, Angus, the youngest son of Richard Melville (brother to Melville of Dysart); his father died at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547, fighting in the van of the Scottish army. Andrew's mother died soon after, and the orphan was cared for by his eldest brother Richard (1522-1575). At an early age Melville began to show a taste for learning, and his brother did everything in his power to give him t ...

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• Andrew Melville - Reference

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Aldus Manutius (1449/50 - February 6, 1515), the Latin form of Aldo Manuzio (born Teobaldo Mannucci) was the founder of the Aldine Press. He was born at Sermoneta in the Papal States. Manutius received a scholar's training, studying Latin at Rome under Gasparino da Verona, and Greek at Ferrara under Guarino da Verona. In 1482 he went to reside at Mirandola with his old friend and fellow-student, the illustrious Giovanni Pico. There he stayed two years, pursuing his studies in Greek literature. Before Pico removed ...

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A tragedy may be defined loosely as any work of fiction in which the protagonist suffers a fall in his or her fortunes, and ends in a worse state than that in which they began. Works as diverse as Oedipus Rex, Hamlet, Hedda Gabler and Scarface may thus be classified as tragedies. Throughout much of Western thought, however, tragedy has been defined in more precise terms, following the precepts set out by Aristotle: it is a form of drama characterized by seriousness and dignity, usually involving a co ...

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• Tragedy - Theories of tragedy
• Tragedy - Greek tragedy
• Tragedy - Renaissance and 17th century tragedy
• Tragedy - English Renaissance Tragedy
• Tragedy - French Tragedy in the 16th and 17th centuries
• Tragedy - Modern tragedy
• Tragedy - Tragedy in film

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Callimachus (ca. 305 BC- ca. 240 BC) was a Greek poet and grammarian, a native of Cyrene and a descendant of the illustrious house of the Battiadae, whence he was sometimes called Battiades (e.g., in Catullus's 65th poem). He opened a school in the suburbs of Alexandria, and some of the most distinguished grammarians and poets were his pupils, among them Apollonius of Rhodes. He was subsequently appointed by Ptolemy Philadelphus as chief librarian of the Alexandrian library, which office he held till his death (about 240). His ...

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This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. Western literature refers to the literature of the Indo-European languages, as well as several languages geographically or historically related to the Indo-European languages (Basque, Hungarian, and so forth). Western literature is conside ...

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