ancient authors
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Ancient authors are writers from classical antiquity—roughly the Greek and Roman periods through the fall of Rome.
The phrase appears in scholarly and literary contexts when discussing sources, influences, or the transmission of ideas: The ancient authors disagreed about the location of Atlantis.
It carries a sense of authority and distance, invoking figures like Homer, Plato, Cicero, and Virgil whose works have survived centuries.
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- EuclidFather of geometry
- HerodotusAncient Greek historiographer
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
- epic poetryExtended narrative in verse
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- classical literature outlinesGreek mythology, Homer, Virgil, Sophocles, Euripides
- literary periodsRenaissance, medieval, Victorian, modern, contemporary
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