List of ancient Greek writers

This is a list of most influential Greek authors of antiquity (by alphabetic order): Aeschines – Rhetorics Aeschylus – Tragedy Aesop – Fables Alcaeus of Mytilene – Lyric Poetry Alcman – Lyric Poetry Anacreon – Lyric Poetry Anaxagoras – Philosophy Anaximander – Philosophy, Mathematics Anaximenes – Philosophy, Mathematics Andocides – Rhetorics Antiphon – Rhetorics Apollodorus of Carystus – Comedy Aristophanes – Comedy Archimedes – Mathematics, Geometry Aristotle – Philosophy, Physics, Biology Aratus – Poetry, Astronomy Arrian – History Athanasius of Alexandria – Theology Bacchylides – Lyric Poetry Callimachus - Small-scale, personal poetry Chionides – Comedy Chrysippus – Philosophy Claudius Ptolemy – Geography, Astronomy Clement of Alexandria – Theology, Philosophy Democritus – Philosophy, Chemistry Demosthenes – Rhetorics, Politics Dinarchus – Rhetorics Dinon – History Diodorus – History Diogenes Laërtius – History of Philosophy Duris of Samos – History Epicurus – Philosophy Epimenides of Knossos – Philosophy, Philosophical poetry Eubulus (poet) – Comedy Euclid of Megara – Mathematics, Geometry Euripides – Tragedy Evagrius Ponticus – Theology Gorgias – Philosophy Hegemon of Thasos – Comedy Heraclitus – Philosophy Herodotus of Halicarnassus – History Hesiod – Epic Poetry Hippocrates of Cos – Medicine Homer – Epic Poetry Hypereides – Rhetorics Iamblichus – Philosophy Ibycus of Rhegium – Lyric Poetry Irenaeus – Theology, Philosophy Isaeus – Rhetorics, Logography Isocrates – Rhetorics Justin the Martyr – Theology, Philosophy Leucippus – Philosophy, Atomism Lucian – Satire, Rhetoric Luke the Evangelist – Theology, Medicine, History Lycurgus of Athens – Rhetorics Lysias – Logography, Rhetorics Maximus the Confessor – Theology, Philosophy Menander – Comedy Melissus of Samos – Philosophy Nicomachus of Gerasa – Mathematics Origen – Theology, Philosophy Papias of Hierapolis – Theology Parmenides – Philosophy Pherecydes of Athens – Mythography, Logography Philo of Alexandria – Theology, Philosophy Pindar – Lyrical Poetry Plato – Philosophy Plutarch – History, Biography, Philosophy Posidippus (comic poet) – Comedy Protagoras – Philosophy Sappho of Lesbos – Lyric Poetry Simonides – Lyric Poetry Solon – Politics, Philosophy Sophocles – Tragedy Stesichorus – Lyric Poetry Strattis – Comedy Thales of Miletus – Philosophy, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics Theocritus – Bucolic poetry Theognis of Megara – Lyric Poetry Theopompus – History Thucydides – History Xenarchus of Seleucia – Philosophy, Philology Xenophanes– Philosophy, Theology Xenophon – History Zeno of Citium – Philosophy Zeno of Elea – Philosophy == Further reading == Nisetich, Frank J., Pindar's Victory Songs. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980: translations and extensive introduction, background and critical apparatus.

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List of ancient Greek writers

This is a list of most influential Greek authors of antiquity (by alphabetic order): Aeschines – Rhetorics Aeschylus – Tragedy Aesop – Fables Alcaeus of Mytilene – Lyric Poetry Alcman – Lyric Poetry Anacreon – Lyric Poetry Anaxagoras – Philosophy Anaximander – Philosophy, Mathematics Anaximenes – Philosophy, Mathematics Andocides – Rhetorics Antiphon – Rhetorics Apollodorus of Carystus – Comedy Aristophanes – Comedy Archimedes – Mathematics, Geometry Aristotle – Philosophy, Physics, Biology Aratus – Poetry, Astronomy Arrian – History Athanasius of Alexandria – Theology Bacchylides – Lyric Poetry Callimachus - Small-scale, personal poetry Chionides – Comedy Chrysippus – Philosophy Claudius Ptolemy – Geography, Astronomy Clement of Alexandria – Theology, Philosophy Democritus – Philosophy, Chemistry Demosthenes – Rhetorics, Politics Dinarchus – Rhetorics Dinon – History Diodorus – History Diogenes Laërtius – History of Philosophy Duris of Samos – History Epicurus – Philosophy Epimenides of Knossos – Philosophy, Philosophical poetry Eubulus (poet) – Comedy Euclid of Megara – Mathematics, Geometry Euripides – Tragedy Evagrius Ponticus – Theology Gorgias – Philosophy Hegemon of Thasos – Comedy Heraclitus – Philosophy Herodotus of Halicarnassus – History Hesiod – Epic Poetry Hippocrates of Cos – Medicine Homer – Epic Poetry Hypereides – Rhetorics Iamblichus – Philosophy Ibycus of Rhegium – Lyric Poetry Irenaeus – Theology, Philosophy Isaeus – Rhetorics, Logography Isocrates – Rhetorics Justin the Martyr – Theology, Philosophy Leucippus – Philosophy, Atomism Lucian – Satire, Rhetoric Luke the Evangelist – Theology, Medicine, History Lycurgus of Athens – Rhetorics Lysias – Logography, Rhetorics Maximus the Confessor – Theology, Philosophy Menander – Comedy Melissus of Samos – Philosophy Nicomachus of Gerasa – Mathematics Origen – Theology, Philosophy Papias of Hierapolis – Theology Parmenides – Philosophy Pherecydes of Athens – Mythography, Logography Philo of Alexandria – Theology, Philosophy Pindar – Lyrical Poetry Plato – Philosophy Plutarch – History, Biography, Philosophy Posidippus (comic poet) – Comedy Protagoras – Philosophy Sappho of Lesbos – Lyric Poetry Simonides – Lyric Poetry Solon – Politics, Philosophy Sophocles – Tragedy Stesichorus – Lyric Poetry Strattis – Comedy Thales of Miletus – Philosophy, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics Theocritus – Bucolic poetry Theognis of Megara – Lyric Poetry Theopompus – History Thucydides – History Xenarchus of Seleucia – Philosophy, Philology Xenophanes– Philosophy, Theology Xenophon – History Zeno of Citium – Philosophy Zeno of Elea – Philosophy == Further reading == Nisetich, Frank J., Pindar's Victory Songs. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980: translations and extensive introduction, background and critical apparatus.

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