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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 176
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online
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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 176.
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online.
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Aeschines (circa 390 B.C.-circa 320 B.C.) -- Aeschylus (525 or 524 B.C.-456 or 455 B.C.) -- Alcaeus (born circa 620 B.C.) -- Apollonius Rhodius (third century B.C.) -- Aratus of Soli (circa 315 B.C.-circa 239 B.C.) -- Archilochus (mid 7th century B.C.E.) -- Aristophanes (circa 446 B.C.-circa 386 B.C.) -- Aristotle (384 B.C. -322 B.C.) -- Arrian (circa A.D. 89-circa 155) -- Babrius (circa A.D. 150-200) -- Callimachus (circa 306 B.C. - 240 B.C.) -- Cassius Dio (circa A.D. 155 or 164-post A.D. 229) -- Demosthenes (384-322 B.C.) -- Diogenes Laertius (circa A.D. 200) -- Empedocles (5th century B.C.) -- Epictetus (circa A.D. 55-circa A.D. 125 or 130) -- Epicurus (342 or 341 B.C.-271 or 270 B.C.) -- Euripides (circa 484 B.C.-407 or 406 B.C. ) -- Galen of Pergamon (A.D. 129-after 210) -- Gorgias of Leontini (circa 485 B.C.-376 B.C.) -- Heraclitus (flourished circa 500 B.C.) -- Herodotus (circa 484 B.C.-circa 420 B.C. ) -- Hesiod (Traditional date- 8th century B.C.) -- Hippocrates of Cos (flourished circa 425 B.C.) -- Homer (circa 8th - 7th centuries B.C.) -- Flavius Josephus (A.D. 37-100) -- Longinus (circa first century A.D.) -- Lucian (circa A.D. 120-180) -- Lysias (circa 459 B.C. - circa 380 B.C.) -- Menander (342-341 B.C.-circa 292-291 B.C.) -- Parmenides (late 6th - 5th century B.C.) -- Phio (cira 20 or 15 B.C.-circa A.D. 50) -- Pindar (circa 518 B.C.-circa 438 B.C.) -- Plato (circa 428 B.C.-348-347 B.C.) -- Plotinus (A.D. 204-270 ) -- Plutarch (circa A.D.46-circa 120) -- Polybius (circa 200 B.C.-circa 118 B.C. ) -- Protagoras (circa 490 B.C.-420 B.C.) -- Pythagoras (circa 570 B.C.-?) -- Sappho (circa 620 B.C.-circa 550 B.C.) -- Sophocles (497 or 496 B.C.-406 or 405 B.C.) -- Strabo (64 or 63 B.C. - circa A.D. 25) -- Theocritus (circa 300 B.C.-260 B.C.) -- Theophrastus (circa 371 B.C.-287 B.C.) -- Thucydides (circa 455 B.C.-circa 395 B.C.) -- Xenophon (circa 430 B.C.-circa 356 B.C.). |
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Essays on the authors of Greek literature. Discusses various genres, including: the Homeric epic; seventh and sixth century lyric poetry; drama including tragedies; the choral lyric; prose; philosophy and rhetoric; scholarship; didactic poetry and history. Covers authors considered the greatest authors of classical Greece. Christian writers are not included in this volume nor are writers of the Byzantine era. |
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. |
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Original: 472 p. |
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Mode of access: Internet. |
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Authors, Greek -- Biography.
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Authors, Greek -- Biography. |
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Greek literature.
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Greek literature. |
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Briggs, Ward W.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
0810399393 |
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9780810399396 |
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