Homer (c. 8th cen. BC)
"...widely credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature." (Wikipedia: Homer, 1.21.26 UTC 17:45)
Hesiod (c. 700 BC)
"Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought, Archaic Greek astronomy, cosmology and ancient time-keeping." (Wikipedia: Hesiod, 12.10.25 UTC 04:59)
Sappho (c. 630 - 570 BC)
"Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by music." (Wikipedia: Sappho, 1.25.26 UTC 07:49)
Aeschylus (c. 525 - 455 BC)
"...often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work..." (Wikipedia: Aeschylus, 1.21.26 UTC 18:37)
Sophocles (c. 497 - 405 BC)
"For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens..." (Wikipedia: Sophocles, 1.19.26 UTC 02:57)
Euripides (c. 480 - 406 BC)
"Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations... especially in the representation of traditional, mythical heroes as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." (Wikipedia: Euripides, 1.21.26 UTC 20:52)
Aristophanes (c. 446 - 386 BC)
"He has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author. His plays are characterized by preposterous premises, explicit language, wordplays, and political satire." (Wikipedia: Aristophanes, 1.23.26 UTC 19:52)
Menander (c. 342 - 290 BC)
"...his work was considered lost before the early Middle Ages. It now survives only in Latin-language adaptations by Terence and Plautus and, in the original Greek, in highly fragmentary form..." (Wikipedia: Menander, 12.5.25 UTC 22:47)
Plautus (c. 254 - 184 BC)
"Playwrights throughout history have looked to Plautus for character, plot, humor, and other elements of comedy." (Wikipedia: Plautus, 1.14.26 UTC 15:55)
Terence (c. 195 - 159 BC)
"...Terence adapted Greek plays... Terence's way of writing his comedies was more in a simple conversational Latin, pleasant and direct, while less visually humorous to watch." (Wikipedia: Terence, 12.24.25 UTC 00:11)
Catullus (c. 84 - 54 BC)
Catullus's poems have been preserved in an anthology of 116 carmina... which can be divided into three parts according to their form..." (Wikipedia: Catullus, 1.15.26 UTC 16:18)
Virgil (c. 70 - 19 BC)
"The works of Virgil, almost from the moment of their publication, revolutionized Latin poetry. The Eclogues, Georgics, and above all the Aeneid became standard texts..." (Wikipedia: Virgil, 1.27.26 UTC 22:37)
Horace (c. 65 - 8 BC)
"Horace crafted elegant hexameter verses (Satires and Epistles) and caustic iambic poetry (Epodes). The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in tone..." (Wikipedia: Horace, 1.16.26 UTC 21:11)
Ovid (c. 43 BC - 18 AD)
"Ovid is most famous for the Metamorphoses, a continuous mythological narrative in fifteen books written in dactylic hexameters." (Wikipedia: Ovid, 1.21.26 UTC 15:59)
Lucian (c. 125 - 180 AD)
"Lucian invented the genre of comic dialogue, a parody of the traditional Socratic dialogue... Lucian wrote numerous satires making fun of traditional stories about the gods..." (Wikipedia: Lucian, 12.25.25 UTC 13:58)
