Notable Ancient WritersEnglish 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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