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Front Page  Authors (by Period) Ancient Greece
Period: Ancient GreeceAncient Greece covers the period from the archaic period when epic poets like Homer were at work, through the golden age of Periclean Athens in the 4th century B.C. Although Greek writers and thinkers were very active in later periods, especially during the Roman Empire and throughout the Mediterranean area for centuries, politically the Greeks were subjected to Roman rule. The major historical events and intellectual movements of that time, which influenced the development of liberty, include the following:
- the flourishing of the Greek city states as independent political communities and the political reflection which accompanied this
- the beginnings of western philosophy by thinkers such as Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates who asked some of the most profound questions with which we are still grappling today
- the extraordinary literary creativity of epic poets like Homer and playwrights like Aeschylus and Sophocles who reflected upon the nature of war and the tragedy of the human condition
- the beginnings of modern historical writing with the work of Thucydides
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