Greek playwright known for his Oresteia trilogy (AGAMEMNON; THE LIBATION BEARERS; THE EUMENIDES/THE FURIES); SEVEN AGAINST THEBES; PROMETHEUS BOUND

Greek slave in Phrygia known for his animal fables

Greek writer of comedy known for CLOUDS; WASPS; BIRDS; LYSISTRATA; FROGS; and PLUTUS

Roman orator and statesman who introduced Greek ideas and technical terms into Latin; wrote the PHILIPPICS, 14 speeches attacking Mark Antony; DE ORATORE; DE REPUBLICA, a study of govt.

Greek playwright whose 18 surviving plays include MEDEA; IPHIGENIA IN AULIS; ALCESTIS; HIPPOLYTUS; ANDROMACHE; HECUBA; HERACLES; THE TROJAN WOMEN; ELECTRA

Jewish historian who wrote ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS, a history of the Jews, and THE JEWISH WAR, a history of the war between the Jews and the Romans in the 1st century CE

Greek historian who in 9 books traced the rise of the Persian Empire, the Persian invasions of Greece in 490 and 480 BCE and the Greeks' resistance to those invasions

father of Greek didactic poetry who wrote WORKS AND DAYS, which is filled with maxims for farmers, and THEOGONY, a genealogy of the Greek gods

Greek poet known for the ILIAD and ODYSSEY, epics about events during and after the Trojan War

Roman poet famous for ODES; EPODES, a collection of ode-like poems; EPISTLES, letters to his friends; SATIRES

Roman poet known for 16 satires ridiculing extravagances in Rome

Roman historian who wrote HISTORY FROM THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY, telling Rome's history up to 9 BCE in 142 books, 35 of which survived

Roman author who developed the epigram into its modern form

Roman poet known for his ART OF LOVE and other love poems and his METAMORPHOSES, describing the adventures and love affairs of Greek and Roman gods and heroes, legendary and historical--in each story, someone transforms or is transformed into something else

Greek biographer known for his PARALLEL LIVES OF ILLUSTRIOUS GREEKS AND ROMANS

Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos known for her 4-line stanza called the SAPPHIC. Fun fact: she was lesbian and from Lesbos

Greek playwright whose 7 surviving tragedies include AJAX; ANTIGONE; OEDIPUS REX; ELECTRA; OEDIPUS AT COLONUS

Roman historian who wrote HISTORIES, a critical work about the Year of the Four Emperors; ANNALS, a history of Rome from Augustus to Nero; GERMANIA, a history of early German tribes

Greek historian famous for his HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR, covering the war between Athens and Sparta from 431-411 BCE, though it actually continued until 404 BCE

Roman author who wrote the AENEID; ECLOGUES/BUCOLICS; GEORGICS, a poem of advice to farmers

Greek author whose ANABASIS tells of the 1500 mile march home made by 10,000 Greeks who chose him to lead them after all of their other leaders had been killed in a 401 BCE battle