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Flourished c.101 - c.200
Subjects Of Study metre
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Aeschylus
Greek dramatist
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Nicander
Greek poet, physicist, and grammarian
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Ion of Chios
Greek poet
Homer
Homer
Greek poet
Euripides
Euripides
Greek dramatist
Plutarch
Plutarch
Greek biographer
Sophocles
Sophocles
Greek dramatist
Hear a reading of ancient Greek poet Pindar's first Olympic ode, commissioned by Sicilian prince Hiero
Pindar
Greek poet
Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.
Xenophon
Greek historian
Aristophanes
Aristophanes
Greek dramatist
Illustration shows a sketch of the ancient Greek writer Lucian, published in Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.
Lucian
Greek writer
Hesiod
Hesiod
Greek poet
Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Sappho and Alcaeus
Alcaeus
Greek poet
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Simonides of Ceos
Greek poet
Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Sappho and Alcaeus
Sappho
Greek poet
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Archilochus
Greek author
Anacreon, Roman copy of a 5th-century-bc bust by Phidias; in the Louvre, Paris.
Anacreon
Greek poet
Fragment of Bacchylides' work, from a papyrus roll of the 2nd century ad; in the British Museum, London.
Bacchylides
Greek lyric poet
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St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
Arianna Huffington smiling at the camera, wearing a white blouse with red polka dots and pearl earrings, with shoulder-length light brown hair.
Arianna Huffington
Greek American author and commentator