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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Input

Class: ancient Greek literature

Generated description

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
Historical Library	ancient Greek historical work
Xenophon’s Symposium	—
Polybius’ Histories	ancient Greek historical work
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives	—
Platonic letters	—
speeches of Lysias	classical Greek literature
Idyll XI	ancient Greek literary work
Lovers	ancient Greek dialogue
Protrepticus	—
Hellenica	ancient Greek historical work
Memorabilia	—
History of the Peloponnesian War	—
The Wasps (play) surface form: The Wasps	Ancient Greek comedy
Σοφιστής	αρχαίο ελληνικό κείμενο
Roman History surface form: Roman History (Appian)	—
Agesilaus	—
Frogs	Ancient Greek comedy
Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle surface form: Hypsipyle (Euripides)	Athenian tragedy
Ecclesiastical History	—
Φαίδων	αρχαίο ελληνικό κείμενο
The Girl from Samos	ancient Greek comedy
The Woman from Samos	ancient Greek comedy
The Arbitration	ancient Greek comedy
The Men at Arbitration	ancient Greek comedy
The Farmer	ancient Greek comedy
The Adulterers	ancient Greek comedy
The Beggar	ancient Greek comedy
The Parasite	ancient Greek comedy
The Painter	ancient Greek comedy
The Stranger	ancient Greek comedy
The Bride	ancient Greek comedy
The Woman from Ephesus	ancient Greek comedy
The Brothers	ancient Greek comedy
The Soldier	ancient Greek comedy
The Girl from Samos	ancient Greek comedy
The Woman from Corinth	ancient Greek comedy
Ἱκέτιδες	ancient Greek tragedy
Hiketides	ancient Greek tragedy
Supplices	ancient Greek tragedy
Apology of Socrates	—
The Woman from Cyprus	ancient Greek comedy
The Woman from Sicyon	ancient Greek comedy
The Woman from Miletus	ancient Greek comedy
Greek title: Εὐμενίδες surface form: Εὐμενίδες	ancient Greek tragedy
Against the Mathematicians	ancient Greek text
Adversus Mathematicos	ancient Greek text
Adversus Grammaticos	ancient Greek text
Adversus Geometras	ancient Greek text
Bacchae	ancient Greek tragedy
Sophocles' tragedy Ajax surface form: Ajax (Sophocles)	ancient Greek tragedy