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Greek Poets and Mythographers

Aeschylus | dramatist who wrote, among other plays, the powerful trilogy known as the Oresteia

Apollodorus | Apollodorus was a Greek mythographer who created a work, called the Library (Bibliotheca), which was devoted to Greek mythology

Aristophanes | he specialized in comedies, and left us "The Frogs" and the risqué "Lysistrata"

Euripides | as a playwright, Euripides engaged his audiences with the dramas of several mythological characters, including "Medea" and "Helen"

Hesiod | Hesiod composed an important poem that details the births of the Greek gods - the Theogony

Homer | Homer is credited with creating the two outstanding heroic epics of ancient Greece - the Iliad and the Odyssey

Pindar | lyric poet who wrote a number of Odes to the victors of the Games (the Odes are important sources for myths)

Sappho | this female poet sang of love, desire, beauty, and suffering - the realm of Aphrodite

Simonides | a talented poet and bard who attracted many patrons; he was fluent in several genres of poetry

Sophocles | somber Sophocles pursued the story of Oedipus in a magnificent and haunting trio of tragedies: "Oedipus Rex", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone"

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