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Classical Period
• HOMERIC or HEROIC PERIOD (1200-800 BCE)
• CLASSICAL GREEK PERIOD (800-200 BCE)
• CLASSICAL ROMAN PERIOD (200 BCE-455 CE)
• PATRISTIC PERIOD (70 CE-455 CE)
Famous Names of the Classical Period
• Popularized styles that led to many current genres, lyrical poetry, pastorals, and dramatic representations of comedies.
• Major poets of the time were Sappho and Pindar.
• Major Playwrights were Aeschulys, Sophocles and Euripides.
• Major Comedic plays were done by Aristophanes, and Menander.
Philosophy of the Classical Period
• Plato, Socrates and Aristotle.
• Wrote dialogues (written arguments), first attempt at explaining the world.
• These individuals opposed traditional thinking of the world.
Classical Period Drama
• Most prominent genre coming out of the Classical Period.
• Evolved from song and dance in ceremonies.
• Objective and impersonal, stated authors opinions.
Homer (900-800 B.C)
• Greek philosopher and poet • Author Iliad and Odyssey- epics that explain
ancient Greece which greatly impacted Western and a part of Eastern history and literature.
• The Iliad was written about the Trojan War• The Odyssey was a story about Odysseus, King
of Ithaka
Plato (429–347 BC)
• One of the earliest philosophers• Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician,
writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western World.
• Plato helped to lay the foundations of natural philosophy, science, and Western philosophy.
Plato (429–347 BC)
• Plato's writings have been published in several fashions; – Resulted in the naming and referencing of
Plato's texts.
• 35 dialogues and 13 letters have are know to be written by Plato– Dialogues influence today’s thoughts and
writings
Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)
• A Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.
• His writings cover many subjects– Physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music,
logic,politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology
• Aristotle wrote many elegant treatises and dialogues – majority of his writings are now lost and only about
one-third of the original works have survived
Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)
• Influenced literature – Writings and philosophical teachings
• Codifying and systematizing – Aristotelian principles
• Literary criticism – Guidelines to literature developed into rules
Julius Cesar (100 - 44 BC)
• He was made a dictator for life and was essentially above the law.
• He ruled the roman people for many years until he was murdered in March 15 44BC.
• This was a very religious time and a lot of literature was based on religion so this would have a large influence.
Works Cited
• http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/Periods_Lit_History.pdf
• http://www.poetry-portal.com/poets31.html• http://www.answers.com/topic/homer• http://library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/homer.htm• http://homer.thefreelibrary.com/• http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/randomstuff/
faq.html• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato
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