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Grade 10 Up—A fitting supplement to George Thomas Kurian's Timetables of World Literature (Facts On File, 2003), this collection of essays focuses on works in ancient Greek and Latin but also includes a fair representation of Chinese literature. The literature of other languages, including... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Helen of Troy: Queen of Sparta and wife of Menelaus. The most beautiful woman in the world and cause of the Trojan War.
- Horace: Add a description of this character.
- Socrates
- Augustine
- Aeneas
- Julius Caesar
- Cyrus
- Pompey
- Jason
- Agamemnon: The son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus. When Helen, the wife of Menelaus, was abducted by Paris of Troy, Agamemnon commanded the united Greek armed forces in the ensuing Trojan War.
- Clytemnestra: The wife of Agamemnon, king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Mycenae or Argos. She was a femme fatale who murdered her husband, Agamemnon and the Trojan princess Cassandra, whom he had taken as war prize following the sack of Troy.
- Iphigenia: Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Sacrificed by her father to the goddess Artemis.
- Orestes: Son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
- Hector: Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War.
- Paris: Trojan prince, brother of Hector. His stealing of Helen precipitated the Trojan War.
- Hecuba: Queen of Troy. Wife of Priam and mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra.
- Menelaus: King of Sparta and husband of Helen.
- Marcus Aurelius
- Virgil
- Lucius
- Zeus: In Greek mythology, Zeus is the "Father of Gods and men" who rules the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father rules the family. He is the god of sky and thunder.
- Jupiter: In ancient Roman religion, Jupiter is the king of the gods. He is the god of the sky and thunder. He was the chief deity of the Roman state religion.
- Lucretius
- Diogenes
- Gilgamesh
- Lucian
- Medea
- Creon
- Theseus
- Hermas
- Aristotle
- Cleon
- Lucan
- Ptolemy
- Anthony
- Alexander
- Gorgias
- Darius
- Plautus: Roman playwright.
- Cicero
- Daphnis
- Heracles
- Terence
- Turnus
- Prometheus
- Menander
- Seneca: Roman playwright.
- Callimachus
- Amphitryon
- Rama
- Alcibiades
- Teiresias
- Euripides: Greek playwright.
- Sophocles: Greek playwright.
Setting & Locations edit
- Troy: Ancient and mythical city/state located on the northwest coast of present day Turkey. It is best known for being the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek mythology and especially in the Iliad.
- New york
- Athens
- Cambridge
- Greece
- Egypt
- Italy
- Sparta
- Alexandria
- London
- Asia Minor
- Thebes
- Sappho
- India
- Sicily
- Spain
- Baltimore
- Persia
- China
- Hades
- Polyphemus
- Babylon
- Carthage
- Ephesus
- Samos
- Medeia
- Corinth
- Africa
- Constantinople
- Israel
- Jerusalem
- Ithaca
- U.k.
- Mineola
- Smyrna
- Syracuse
- Sallust
- Born
- Libya
Authors & Contributors edit
- James Wyatt Cook (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Facts On File
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 9780816064755
Page Count: 716
Publisher: Facts On File
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 9780816064755
Page Count: 716
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PN621 .C66 2008
- Dewey: 809.01
Subjects edit
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