18. IntroductiIntroducti
on toon to
GreekGreek

19. The FourThe Four
HistoricalHistorical
Periods ofPeriods of
GreekGreek

20. These fourThese four
periods coincideperiods coincide
with politicalwith political
fortunes of thefortunes of the
Greek people.Greek people.

21. 1.1. ClassicalClassical
PeriodPeriod
900- 323 BC900- 323 BC
saw the birth ofsaw the birth of
original worksoriginal works

22. main literarymain literary
types weretypes were
developed todeveloped to
express the needsexpress the needs
and ideals of theand ideals of the
communities ofcommunities of
which the writerwhich the writer

23. 2.2. HellenisticHellenistic
PeriodPeriod
323- 146 BC323- 146 BC
a morea more
cosmopolitancosmopolitan

24. literature wasliterature was
developed anddeveloped and
written for thewritten for the
entertainment orentertainment or
scientificscientific
instructioninstruction

25. 3.3. Greco-RomanGreco-Roman
PeriodPeriod
146 BC- 395 AD146 BC- 395 AD
Rome conqueredRome conquered
Greece, andGreece, and
ruled it for 600ruled it for 600

26. writers turnedwriters turned
to historicalto historical
past to createpast to create
a stylistica stylistic
renaissance ofrenaissance of

27. paganpagan
literatureliterature
gave way togave way to
ChristianChristian

28. 3.3. ByzantineByzantine
PeriodPeriod
395- 1453 AD395- 1453 AD
Constantine IConstantine I
rebuilt Byzantismrebuilt Byzantism
and called itand called it

29. as the capitalas the capital
of the Byzantineof the Byzantine
Empire, itEmpire, it
became thebecame the
largest city inlargest city in
the Christian

30. as the center ofas the center of
OrthodoxOrthodox
Christianity,Christianity,
religious poetryreligious poetry
became thebecame the
prominentprominent