Pre-Medieval Old Guys (2400 BC - 500 AD)

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  1. 1. the first known author; prominent Sumerian priestess from the 23rd century BC
  2. 3. poet and folklorist from ancient Rome, known for METAMORPHOSES, which was published around 8 AD
  3. 6. ancient Greek playwright from 4th & 5th c. BC, known for his comedies; author of THE CLOUDS and LYSISTRATA
  4. 9. greek historian from 5th c. BC, credited by Cicero as "the father of history"
  5. 11. ancient Greek playwright from 5th c. BC, know for his tragedies; author of OEDIPUS REX and ANTIGONE
  6. 14. philosopher and founder of the Lyceum in Athens in 334 BC; early scientific writings were highly influential to medieval scholarship; tutor of Alexander the Great
  7. 16. classical era of European and Near Eastern history; lasted from approximately the 8th c. BC to 5thc. AD; period of significant Greco-Roman influence
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  1. 2. early Christian priest, scholar, and eventual saint who lived during the 4th & 5th centuries; his life story, known as CONFESSIONS, is one of the first known autobiographies
  2. 4. poet from 1st c. BC, best known for THE ANEID, which builds upon the founding myths of ancient Rome
  3. 5. this epic is among the first and most influential heroic sagas; composed between 2200 and 1100 BC
  4. 6. credited with numerous early folktales about morality, also known as fables; lived between 7th & 6th c. BC
  5. 7. the time after the stone age and before classical antiquity, lasting from roughly 3300 BC to 1100 BC
  6. 8. roman senator from the 1st c. BC; considered a master of oratory and rhetoric, or speech and persuasion
  7. 10. blind storyteller and soothsayer from 9th century BC, known for the early Greek epic poems THE ILIAD and THE ODYSSEY, inspired by a combination of history and myth
  8. 12. Athenian philosopher who lived during the 4th & 5th c. BC; prolific and influential writer, known for his theory of forms; mentor to Aristotle
  9. 13. early Athenian philosopher; produced no known writings, but his ideas are heavily referenced in later works; mentor to Plato
  10. 15. first five books of the Bible: GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, and DEUTERONOMY; assembled during the 4th or 5th c. BC