BCE
|
| Solon |
early 7th cent. |
Elegiac poet; Athenian statesman. |
| Archilochus |
early-mid seventh
cent. |
Elegiac-iambic poet, Paros (Aegean island) . |
| Alcman |
2nd half seventh
cent. |
Lyric poet
from Sparta. |
| Sappho |
born ca. 612 |
Woman lyric
poet from the Aegean island of Lesbos. |
| Ibycus |
flourished ca. 550 |
Greek lyric
poet. |
| Theognis |
flourished ca. 540 |
Elegiac poet
from Megara (near Athens). Actually, the poetry in the collection
associated with his name probably comes from several different poets
who would have lived about 640-479 BCE. |
| Anacreon |
born ca. 570 |
From Teos (Greek
island); lyric poet. |
| Simonides |
ca. 556-468 |
Greek lyric
poet. |
| Pindar |
518-438 |
Boeotian (Greek)
lyric poet |
| Corinna |
400s? |
Boeotian
woman poet. |
| Praxilla |
400s |
Woman poet from Sicyon (Peloponnese, Greece ). |
| Herodotus |
ca. 495-ca. 430 |
Halicarnassian
(Asia Minor), historian |
| Euripides |
ca. 485-ca. 406 |
Athenian tragic
poet. |
| Hippocrates |
469-399 |
Physician and medical writer, from Cos (Aegean island). He and members of his "school" wrote the works traditionally attributed to him alone. |
| Lysias |
ca. 459-ca. 380 |
Resident of
Athens, orator and speech writer. |
| Aristophanes |
ca. 450-on or before 385 |
Athenian comic
poet. |
| Plato |
429-347 |
Athenian philosopher. |
| Aeschines |
ca. 397-ca. 322 |
Athenian statesman, orator. |
| Erinna |
300s |
Woman poet from Telos (Greek island). |
| Demosthenes |
384-322 |
Athenian statesman, orator. (Against Neaera, though traditionally attributed to Demosthenes, is actually by Apollodorus, one of the speakers in the speech. Some doubt the authenticity of the Erotic Essay, also attributed to Demosthenes.) |
| Aristotle |
384-322 |
From Stagira
in northeastern Greece, philosopher. |
| Philemon |
368/360-267/63 |
Athenian comic
poet. |
| Nossis |
200s |
Woman poet from Locri, Greece. |
| Anyte |
200s |
Woman poet from Tegea, Greece. |
| Catullus |
84 (?)-54 (?) |
Gaius Valerius Catullus. Roman poet. |
| Livy |
59 BCE-17 CE
or,...
64 BCE-12 CE |
Titus Livius. Roman historian. |
| Sulpicia |
later 1st cent. BCE |
Daughter of Servius Sulpicius Rufus and ward of Valerius Messalla Corvinus. Roman poet. |
| Ovid |
43 BCE-17 CE |
Publius Ovidius Naso. Roman poet. |
CE
|
| Juvenal |
active writing 110s-120s |
Roman satirist. |
| Petronius |
d. 66 |
Roman courtier; author of Satyricon. |
| Apuleius |
ca. 123-ca. 170 |
Afro-Roman orator and philosopher; author of Metamorphoses ("Golden Ass"). |
| Longus |
ca. 200 |
The name manuscripts assign to the author of Daphnis and Chloe. |
Foucault,
Michel |
1926-84 |
French
philosopher, critical theorist, historical-anthropological theorist. |
Boswell,
John |
1947-1994 |
American historian. |
Halperin,
David |
1952- |
American classicist, literary scholar, cultural historian. |
Rabinowitz,
Nancy S. |
|
American classicist. |
Williams,
Craig |
|
American classicist. |
