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 Apollonius of Rhodes – Epic poetry 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 Pausanias (geographer) – Geography Pherecydes of Athens – Mythography, Logography Philo of Alexandria – Theology, Philosophy Pindar – Lyrical Poetry Plato – Philosophy Plutarch – History, Biography, Philosophy Polybius – History 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. Durant, Will (1926). The Story of Philosophy. Simon & Schuster. . Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath, Who Killed Homer: The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom, Encounter Books, 2001 The Canadian Museum of Civilization—Greece Secrets of the Past Ancient Greece website from the British Museum Economic history of ancient Greece The Greek currency history Limenoscope, an ancient Greek ports database The Ancient Theatre Archive, Greek and Roman theatre architecture Illustrated Greek History—Dr. Janice Siegel, Department of Classics, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia Whitmarsh, Tim (2004). Ancient Greek Literature. Cambridge: Polity Press. . Beye, Charles Rowan (1987). Ancient Greek Literature and Society. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. . C. A. Trypanis (1981). Greek Poetry from Homer to Seferis. University of Chicago Press. Anonymous, 1780. The History and Amours of Rhodope. London: Printed for E.M Diemer. John Purkis-The Greek Civilization Greek Lyric II: Anacreon, Anacreontea, Choral Lyric from Olympis to Alcman (Loeb Classical Library) translated by David A. Campbell (June 1989) Harvard University Press (Original Greek with facing page English translations, an excellent starting point for students with a serious interest in ancient lyric poetry.)