Ancient Greece (c. 8th century BCE - 300 CE):
* Epic Poetry:
* Homer: Author of the *Iliad* and the *Odyssey*
* Hesiod: Author of *Theogony* and *Works and Days*
* Tragedy:
* Aeschylus: *The Persians*, *Seven Against Thebes*, *Prometheus Bound*, *Oresteia*
* Sophocles: *Oedipus Rex*, *Antigone*, *Oedipus at Colonus*, *Ajax*
* Euripides: *Medea*, *The Bacchae*, *Hippolytus*, *The Trojan Women*
* Comedy:
* Aristophanes: *The Clouds*, *Lysistrata*, *The Birds*, *The Frogs*
* Philosophy:
* Plato: *Republic*, *Symposium*, *Phaedo*, *The Apology*
* Aristotle: *Nicomachean Ethics*, *Politics*, *Poetics*, *Metaphysics*
* Epicurus: *Letter to Menoeceus*
* Zeno of Citium: Founder of Stoicism
* Diogenes of Sinope: Founder of Cynicism
* History:
* Herodotus: *Histories*
* Thucydides: *History of the Peloponnesian War*
* Xenophon: *Anabasis*, *Cyropaedia*
* Other:
* Sappho: Lyric poet, known for her passionate love poems
* Pindar: Lyric poet, known for his odes celebrating athletic victories
* Theocritus: Pastoral poet, known for his bucolic idylls
* Longus: Novelist, author of *Daphnis and Chloe*
Byzantine Period (c. 330-1453 CE):
* Procopius: Historian, known for *Secret History*
* George of Pisidia: Hymn writer and poet
* John of Damascus: Theologian, known for *The Orthodox Faith*
* Anna Komnene: Historian and writer, author of *The Alexiad*
Modern Greece (1821-present):
* Nikos Kazantzakis: Novelist and poet, author of *Zorba the Greek* and *The Last Temptation of Christ*
* George Seferis: Poet, Nobel Prize laureate (1963)
* Odysseas Elytis: Poet, Nobel Prize laureate (1979)
* Stratis Myrivilis: Novelist, known for his historical novels
* Yannis Ritsos: Poet, known for his political and social themes
* Melina Mercouri: Actress, singer, and politician
* Louis de Bernières: British-Greek novelist, author of *Captain Corelli's Mandolin*
This list is not exhaustive, and there are many other talented Greek writers throughout history. Be sure to do your research and discover the wealth of Greek literature available!