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Famous Greek People
| Term Paper Title | Famous Greek People |
| # of Words | 351 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 1.4 |
Famous Greek People
And their Contributions
Homer was a great but blind poet who believed he had a purpose. He wanted to tell people the myths about the Greek gods and goddesses. Homer wrote very long and beautiful poems called epics. They took a long time to read because of how long they were. Homer tells about the war of the Greeks and the Trojans in his epics The Iliad and The Odyssey. These were among the oldest works of literature.
Aeschylus (Es-ka-lees) was one of the most famous Greek play writers. He was known as “father of tragedy” because it was he who created tragedies. Tragedies were plays in which life is treated very seriously and usually had sad endings. Aeschylus was inspired to write tragedies after fighting in wars against the Persians. His great tragedies won him the first place prize in the Greek writing festival thirteen times in a row.
Aristophanes (Ar-is-tof-a-knees) was one of the most famous writers of comedy. Comedies were pretty much the opposite of tragedies. Comedies were plays that were funny and usually had happy endings. Aristophanes’ comedies were always loud and happy events. His comedies ...Read entire document
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