Ancient Greek Literature & Mythology
Poets, Playwrights, Gods, and Heroes
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Ancient Greek Mythology and Religion
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Ancient Greek Language & Literature
Ancient Greek Drama
The plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides told tragic tales of Greek heroes, while the comedies of Aristophanes were political and cultural satire.
Ancient Greek Poetry
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"Sing, goddess, of the anger of Achilleus, son of Peleus, the accursed anger which brought uncounted anguish on the Achaians"
—Homer *
The Trojans
*The Iliad, 1.1–2; Martin Hammond, tr.
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