ancient Greek literature

C1815

concept

Ancient Greek literature encompasses the epic, lyric, dramatic, historical, and philosophical writings produced in the Greek language from the archaic through the Hellenistic periods, foundational to Western literary and intellectual traditions.

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All labels observed (27)

Label	Occurrences
ancient Greek tragedy	35
ancient Greek literature canonical	34
ancient Greek comedy	33
ancient Greek text	14
ancient Greek historical work	7
Ancient Greek tragedy	5
Ancient Greek comedy	4
Hellenistic Jewish literature	4
ancient Greek literary work	3
Athenian tragedy	2
Hellenistic literature	2
ancient Greek dialogue	2
period in Plato's writings	2
αρχαίο ελληνικό κείμενο	2
Ancient Greek play	1
Greek literature	1
Greek prose text	1
Hellenistic poetry	1
Socratic literature	1
ancient Greek drama	1
ancient Greek literature genre	1
ancient Greek religious poetry	1
ancient Greek texts	1
ancient Greek tragic corpus	1
classical Greek literature	1
corpus of ancient Greek poetry	1
lost Greek tragedies	1

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Class: ancient Greek literature

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Ancient Greek literature encompasses the epic, lyric, dramatic, historical, and philosophical writings produced in the Greek language from the archaic through the Hellenistic periods, foundational to Western literary and intellectual traditions.

Instances (158)

Instance	Via concept surface
Late dialogues of Plato	period in Plato's writings
Histories	ancient Greek historical work
Histories surface form: Histories (Timaeus)	—
Homer's Odyssey	—
Euripides’ play "Ion" surface form: Ion (play)	ancient Greek tragedy
writings of Plato	—
Life of Otho	—
Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus surface form: Hippolytus (Euripides)	ancient Greek tragedy
Parallel Lives	—
Apology	—
Laws	ancient Greek text
Zosimus' "New History" surface form: New History	Greek prose text
works of Herodotus surface form: Histories	ancient Greek historical work
Classical Greek literature	Greek literature
Xenophon’s Socratic writings	—
The Persians (play) by Aeschylus surface form: The Persians	ancient Greek tragedy
Attic Old Comedy	ancient Greek comedy
Clouds (play)	ancient Greek comedy
Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν	—
Βάκχαι	ancient Greek tragedy
Analytika protera	ancient Greek text
Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως	ancient Greek text
Τρῳάδες	ancient Greek tragedy
Andromache (Euripides)	ancient Greek tragedy
Euripides' Helen	ancient Greek tragedy
Aristophanes’ play "Plutus" surface form: Plutus	ancient Greek comedy
Hymns of Callimachus	ancient Greek religious poetry
Mimiambi	ancient Greek literature genre
Oedipus at Colonus	Ancient Greek tragedy
Euripides’ play Heracleidae surface form: Heracleidae	ancient Greek tragedy
Sophocles’ play "Antigone" surface form: Antigone (Sophocles play)	Ancient Greek tragedy
Περὶ οὐρανοῦ	ancient Greek text
De Caelo	ancient Greek text
Euripides’ Heracles	ancient Greek tragedy
Euripides' Phoenician Women surface form: Phoenician Women	ancient Greek tragedy
Hymns	—
Euripides' play "The Bacchae" surface form: The Bacchae	ancient Greek tragedy
fragments of Sophocles	—
Works of Hesiod	corpus of ancient Greek poetry
Euripidean corpus	ancient Greek tragic corpus
Orations	—
On Imitation	ancient Greek literary work
Greek Anthology	—
Euripides' play "Orestes" surface form: Orestes (play)	Ancient Greek tragedy
Middle dialogues of Plato	period in Plato's writings
Dialogues of Plato	—
Socratic dialogues of Plato	—
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea	ancient Greek text
Hippocratic Corpus	—
Chronicle (Apollodorus of Athens)	—