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Epic poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
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Homer
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Poet, author of Theogony and Works and Days
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Hesiod
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Lyric poet whose Odes are especially focused on human achievement
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Pindar
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Female lyric poet who focused on romantic themes
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Sappho
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Father of Tragedy, wrote Orestes trilogy, Prometheus Bound, The Persians
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Aeschylus
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Tragedian, wrote Oedipus/ Theban trilogy
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Sophocles
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Tragedian who was particularly sympathetic to women's issues, wrote Medea, Heracles, Electra, The Bacchae
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Euripides
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Father of Comic Drama who was especially critical of Socrates, wrote The Clouds, The Birds, The Frogs, Lysistrata
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Aristophanes
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Slave who wrote Fables
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Aesop
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Father of History, wrote account of the Persian Wars
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Herodotus
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Arguably the greatest historian of the Classical period, wrote The Peloponnesian War
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Thucydides
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Historian who wrote Anabasis (Persian Expedition) and several works on Socrates
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Xenophon
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Dialogue-writing philosopher, wrote The Republic, The Apology, Symposium, Euthyphro, Crito, etc.
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Plato
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Philosopher who wrote on a range of subjects, wrote Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Poetics, Politics, etc.
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Aristotle
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