CHRONOLOGY
The Literacy Tradition
| Epic Poets | Dates (BC) | Life and Works |
|---|---|---|
| Homer | 800 | Nothing is known of the life of Homer, not even if there was such a person or whether he wrote both the Iliad and the Odyssey, each epic poem containing around 15000 lines. |
| Hesiod | 700 | He was from Ascra in Boeotia. As a shepherd he heard the muses call him to sing of the gods, which he did in Theogony, while in the Works and Days he extolled the virtues of hard work and honesty for men. |
| Lyric Poets | ||
| Archilochus | 650 | He was an elegiac and iambic poet from Paros. His surviving poems tell us something of his own life and times. He wrote poems of praise as well as of abuse. |
| Solon | c. 594 | Athenian statesman and poet, he held office in 594/3. He is said to ... |
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