Geia sas! (that's hello in greek). For the next few posts, we'll be exploring Literature and Drama. Get out your mask, because this is about to become interesting!
The Ancient Greeks wrote some of the best literature that the world has ever seen. We still read Greek stories, like Aesop’s fables, today. The Ancient Greek writing style is normally divided into two parts: the epic, and the poem. Epics are stories that follow the adventure of a hero. Around 700 B.C.E, Homer (a well-known Ancient Greek author) wrote two famous epics that are still read today, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Poems, as you already know, are compositions that are written in verse format. Two examples of poems in early Ancient Greek times include Theogony and Works and Days, both by a fantastic Greek author, Hesiod. Also, authors Archilochus and Sappho wrote many short poems from around 600 B.C.E. Sappho’s poems are the only surviving written work by an Ancient Greek woman!
The Ancient Greeks wrote some of the best literature that the world has ever seen. We still read Greek stories, like Aesop’s fables, today. The Ancient Greek writing style is normally divided into two parts: the epic, and the poem. Epics are stories that follow the adventure of a hero. Around 700 B.C.E, Homer (a well-known Ancient Greek author) wrote two famous epics that are still read today, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Poems, as you already know, are compositions that are written in verse format. Two examples of poems in early Ancient Greek times include Theogony and Works and Days, both by a fantastic Greek author, Hesiod. Also, authors Archilochus and Sappho wrote many short poems from around 600 B.C.E. Sappho’s poems are the only surviving written work by an Ancient Greek woman!
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