Introduction to Classical

Classical Greek-Latin Literature in Antiquity

Overview

Open Ended

What do you know about Ancient Greece and Rome?

Multiple Choice

How many civilizations are we talking about?

• Just one: Greece-Rome

• Two: Greece and Rome

Multiple Choice

When did the Roman Empire end?

• 476 BCE

• 476 AC

• 146 BCE

• 146 AC

Multiple Choice

In what period were Homeric poems written?

• Dark Age

• Hellenistic

• Archaic

• Classical

Multiple Choice

In what period did the earlist lyric poets write?

• Archaic

• Dark Age

• Classical

• Hellenistic

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Multiple Choice

How many literary genres are there?

• 5

• 6

• 2

• 3

Multiple Choice

The literary genres are...

• Poems, stories, theater plays

• Movies, books, tv programs

• Fiction, poetry, drama

• Tragedy, comedy, poetry

Multiple Choice

The Odissey was written by...

• Sappho

• Sophocles

• Homer

• Archilochus

Multiple Choice

Sappho wrote...

• fiction.

• lyric.

• drama.

Multiple Choice

Aesop is famous for his...

• theater plays.

• fables.

• poems.

Why are we studying Ancient Greek Literature?

Because much of it is of supreme quality but also because until the mid-19th century the greater part of the literature of the Western world was produced by writers who were familiar with the Greek tradition, either directly or through the medium of Latin.

Periods

• Archaic

• Classical

• Hellenistic

• Greek-Roman