Greek Writers Timeline

Homer (8th century B.C.)

Hesiod (fl. 633 B.C.)

Sappho (7th century B.C.)

Archilochus (fl. 650 B.C.)

Callinus (7fl. 650 B.C.)

Tyrtaeus (fl. 640 B.C.)

Solon (b. c 640 B.C.)

Alcaeus (b. c 620 B.C.)

Semonides (7th century B.C.)

Alcman (7th century B.C.)

Stesichorus (7th century B.C.)

Mimnermus (7th century B.C.)

Aesop (620?-560? B.C.)

Thales (c. 600 B.C.)

Anacreon (fl. 550 B.C.)

Theognis (fl. 544 B.C.)

Hipponax (6th century B.C.)

Ibycus (6th century B.C.)

Simonides (b. 557/6 B.C.)

Thespis (c. 535 B.C.)

 

Aeschylus (524?-456 B.C.)

Pindar (518?-438? B.C.)

Bacchylides (b. c 518 B.C.)

Hecataeus (fl. 500 B.C.)

Sophocles (c. 496-406 B.C.)

Euripides (c. 485-406 B.C.)

Socrates (469?-399 B.C.)

Lysias (458-380 B.C.)

Aristophanes (c. 450-c. 385 B.C.)

Plato (429-347 B.C.)

Herodotus (fl. 450-428 B.C.)

Thucydides (fl. 430-399 B.C.)

Xenophon (430-354 B.C.)

Demosthenes (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

Diphilus (4th C B.C.)

Menander (c.342- c.292 B.C.)

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Also see the Loeb Classical Library TIMELINE OF AUTHORS: APPROXIMATELY WHEN THEY FLOURISHED.

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