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Notable Ancient Writers 
English I Honors 
Mrs. Pilgreen
HOMER 
• Wrote THE ILLIAD: epic poem 
written about the Trojan War 
• Wrote THE ODYSSEY: Epic 
poem about Odysseus traveling 
home from the Trojan War 
• The Blind Poet
VIRGIL 
• Wrote AENEID: epic poem 
written about Aeneas’s travels home 
after the Trojan War 
• Modeled after Homer’s writings
HESIOD 
• Wrote THEOGONY: about the 
creation of the universe & the gods 
• Begins with Chaos 
• Goes through the genealogy of the 
gods
OVID 
• Wrote METAMORPHOSES: 
collection of poems about 
transformations 
• Begins with Creation 
• Ends with Julius Caesar
EURIPIDES 
• Wrote MEDEA: written about the 
wife of Jason (the hero from the 
Aeneid) and her revenge on him 
when he betrayed her for another 
woman
SOPHOCLES 
• Wrote OEDIPUS THE KING: 
tragic play about a king who 
accidentally kills his father & 
marries his mother 
• Wrote ANTIGONE: daughter of 
Oedipus, who wants to bury her 
brother’s body, although doing it 
would violate the law

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Edith Hamilton's Mythology Sources

  • 1. Notable Ancient Writers English I Honors Mrs. Pilgreen
  • 2. HOMER • Wrote THE ILLIAD: epic poem written about the Trojan War • Wrote THE ODYSSEY: Epic poem about Odysseus traveling home from the Trojan War • The Blind Poet
  • 3. VIRGIL • Wrote AENEID: epic poem written about Aeneas’s travels home after the Trojan War • Modeled after Homer’s writings
  • 4. HESIOD • Wrote THEOGONY: about the creation of the universe & the gods • Begins with Chaos • Goes through the genealogy of the gods
  • 5. OVID • Wrote METAMORPHOSES: collection of poems about transformations • Begins with Creation • Ends with Julius Caesar
  • 6. EURIPIDES • Wrote MEDEA: written about the wife of Jason (the hero from the Aeneid) and her revenge on him when he betrayed her for another woman
  • 7. SOPHOCLES • Wrote OEDIPUS THE KING: tragic play about a king who accidentally kills his father & marries his mother • Wrote ANTIGONE: daughter of Oedipus, who wants to bury her brother’s body, although doing it would violate the law