ancient Greek prose work

C9677
concept

An ancient Greek prose work is a written composition in the Greek language from antiquity, typically in continuous, non-metrical form, encompassing genres such as history, philosophy, rhetoric, and narrative.

All labels observed (28)

Label Occurrences
ancient Greek philosophical work 23
ancient Greek prose work canonical 14
ancient Greek treatise 11

Instances (101)

Instance Via concept surface
Milesian Tales – erotic tales
surface form: Milesian Tales
ancient Greek prose
Persica Greek prose work
Griechisches Lesebuch textbook of Ancient Greek
On the Athenian demes
Harmonics
surface form: Harmonics (Ptolemy)
ancient Greek musical treatise
Ancient Greek literary criticism branch of ancient Greek literature
On the World ancient Greek philosophical work
On Divination ancient Greek philosophical work
Tabula of Cebes ancient Greek philosophical work
Plato's Alcibiades II
surface form: Alcibiades II
ancient Greek philosophical work
Plutarch On Isis and Osiris Greek prose work
lost Greek Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae
surface form: Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae
lost ancient Greek prose work
Xenophon's Memorabilia
Clitophon ancient Greek philosophical work
Principal Doctrines Hellenistic philosophical work
Life of Theseus work of Plutarch
Life of Themistocles work of Plutarch
Life of Fabius Maximus work by Plutarch
Life of Dion work of Plutarch
Life of Brutus work by Plutarch
Life of Timoleon work by Plutarch
Life of Aemilius Paulus work of Plutarch
Life of Pompey work of Plutarch
Life of Alcibiades work by Plutarch
Life of Titus Quinctius Flamininus work by Plutarch
Life of Otho work by Plutarch
Life of Nicias work by Plutarch
Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution ancient Greek treatise
On Nature ancient Greek philosophical work
Peri Physeos ancient Greek philosophical work
Description of Greece ancient Greek prose
Letter of Aristeas
Proclus' Chrestomathy lost ancient Greek work
On the Peace work of ancient Greek literature
To Philip work of ancient Greek literature
Evagoras
surface form: Evagoras (Isocrates)
Against the Sophists
De Anima ancient Greek philosophical work
Analytika protera Aristotelian work
Ἀναλυτικὰ ὕστερα Aristotelian work
Later Analytics Aristotelian work
Τέχνη ῥητορική ancient Greek rhetorical treatise
Book II of Parts of Animals ancient Greek treatise
Metaphysics (On First Principles) ancient Greek philosophical work
On Fire Greek prose work
On Plants (corpus of botanical treatises) ancient Greek scientific work
De Generatione et Corruptione ancient Greek philosophical work
On Nature is lost
surface form: On Nature (Anaximenes)
ancient Greek philosophical work
On Nature ancient Greek philosophical work
Longus
surface form: Daphnis and Chloe
ancient Greek novel