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7 Against Thebes10 Attic Orators7 Cities Claiming HomerDante's Bella ScuolaEpic Cycle3 Fates10 Female PoetsGenerations of Greek Comic PoetsGreek Comic Canon9 Greek Lyric PoetsGreek Tragic Canon7 Hills of Rome Iambic Poets and their Targets12 Labors of HerculesLatin Adaptations of Greek Plays7 Liberal ArtsLibrarians at Alexandria9 Muses12 Olympians7 Pleiades5 Rhetorical Divisions — 3 Roman Elegists and their Women — Rhetorical Types7 SagesSequence of Ancient Poets7 Wonders of the Ancient World

 

7 Against Thebes
7
Gate
Defender
     
Tydeus Proetid Melanippus
Capaneus Electran Polyphontes
Eteoclus Neietan Megareus
Hippomedon Onean Hyperbius
Parthenopaeus Borrian Actor
Amphiaraus Homoloid Lasthenes
Polynices Hyperitan Eteocles
[Adrastus]
[Mecisteus]
   

 

7 Cities claiming Homer as a Native Son
Chios
Smyrna
Colophon
Salamis
Athens
Sparta
Argos


10 Attic Orators
Antiphon
480 - 411 BCE
Lysias
458 - 380 BCE
Andocides
440 - 380s BCE
Isocrates
436 - 338 BCE
Isaeus
420 - > 353/344 BCE
Aeschines
390 - 322 BCE
Lycurgus
390 - 325 BCE
Hyperides
389 - 322 BCE
Demosthenes
384 - 322 BCE
Dinarchus
360 - 290 BCE

 

Dante's Bella Scuola

Homer
Vergil
Horace
Ovid
Lucan
Statius
(Dante)

 

Epic Cycle
Cypria
11 Books
Iliad
24 Books
Homer
Aethiopis
5 Books
Arctinus
Little Iliad
4 Books
Lesches of Pyrrha
Iliupersis
2 Books
Nostoi
5 Books
Odyssey
24 Books
Homer
Telegony
2 Books

 

3 Fates
Moira
Aisa
Klothes


10 Female Poets
Sappho of Lesbos  
Corinna of Tanagra  
Mytis of Amthedon  
Telesilla of Argos  
Praxilla of Sicyon  
Erinna of Telos  
Nossis of Locri  
Anyte of Tegea  
Moschine of Athens  
Hydele of Athens  

 

Generations of Comic Poets
Chionides & Magnes
Crates & Cratinus
Eupolis & Aristophanes


Greek Comic Canon
Eupolis
Cratinus
Aristophanes


9 Greek Lyric Poets
Alcman of Sparta
Mid/Late 7th BCE
Alcaeus of Mytilene
625-
Sappho of Lesbos
625-
Stesichorus
625-550 BCE
Ibycus of Rhegium
6th BCE
Anacreon of Teos
575 - 490 BCE ?
Simonides of Ceos
556 - 466 BCE
Baccylides of Ceos
524 - 450 BCE
Pindar
518 - 438 BCE
(Corinna of Tanagra)
Late 6th/5th or 3rd BCE

 

9 Greek Tragic Canon
Aeschylus
525-456 BCE
Sophocles
497-405 BCE
Euripides
585-406 BCE
Ion of Chios
Archaeus of Eretria

 

7 Hills of Rome
Capitoline
Palatine
Aventine
Quirinal
Viminal
Esquiline
Caelian

 

Iambic Poets & Their Targets
Archilochus
Lycambes & Neoboule
Semonides
Orodoecides
Hipponax
Bupalus & Athenis

 

12 Labors of Hercules
Skin the Nemean Lion
Kill the Lernean Hydra
Capture the Cerynitian Hind
Capture the Erymanthian Boar
Clean the Augean Stables
Chase away the Stymphalian Birds
Capture the Cretan Bull
Capture/Cure the Mares of Diomedes
Fetch the Belt of Hippolyte
Capture the Cattle of Geryon
Fetch the Apples of Hesperides
Capture Cerberus

 

Latin Adaptations of Greek Plays
Naevius
Corollaria
Stephanopolides
Eubulus
Plautus
Asinaria
Onagus
Demophilus
Plautus
Aulularia
Apistos + ?
Menander
Plautus
Bacchides
Dis exapaton
Menander
Plautus
Casina
Clerumeroe
Diphilus
Plautus
Cistellaria
Synaristonai
Menander
Plautus
Commorientes
Synaptothneskontes
Diphilus
Plautus
Mercator
Emporus
Philemon
Plautus
Mostellaria
Phasma
Philemon
Plautus
Poenulus
Karchedonios
Alexis
Plautus
Rudens
Pera?
Diphilus
Plautus
Stichus
First Adelphoi
Menander
Plautus
Trinummus
Thesaurus
Philemon
Plautus
Vidularia
Schedia
Diphilus
Terence
Andria
Andria + Perinthia
Menander
Terence
Heautontimoroumenos
Heautontimoroumenos
Menander
Terence
Eunuchus
Eunouchos + Kolax
Menander
Terence
Phormio
Epidicazomenos
Apollodorus of Carystos
Terence
Hecyra
Hecyra
Apollodorus of Carystos
Terence
Adelphoe
Second Adelphoe +
Menander
Synaptothneskontes

Diphilus

 

7 Liberal Arts
Trivium
Quadrivium
Grammar
Geometry
Dialectic (Logic)
Arithmetic
Rhetoric
Astronomy
Music
(Medicine)
(Architecture)

 

Librarians at Alexandria
Zenodotus
Apollonius Rhodius
Eratosthenes
Aristophanes of Byzantium
Apollonius the Ideographer
Aristarchus
Apollodorus of Athens

 

9 Muses (Hesiod Th. 77-79)
Clio
History
Euterpe
Flute-playing
Thalia
Lyric and Dancing, esp. choral
Erato
Lyric
Melpomene
Tragedy
Terpsichore
Comedy
Polyhymnia
Hymns and Pantomime
Urania
Mathematics and Astronomy
Calliope
Epic

 

12 Olympians
Zeus
Hera
Poseidon
Athena
Aphrodite
Demeter
Apollo
Artemis
Dionysius
Hephaestus
Ares
Hermes

 

7 Pleiades
Alcyone/Halcyone
Asterope/Sterope
Celaeno
Electra
Maia
Merope
Taygete/Taygeta

 

 

5 Rhetorical Divisions
English
Latin
Greek
Invention
inventio
eÏresiw
Disposition
dispositio
tãjiw
Diction
elocutio
l¢jiw
Memory
memoria
mnÆmh
Delivery
actio
Ípokrisiw


3 Rhetorical Types
English
Latin
Greek
Judicial
genus iudicale
g°now dikanikÒn
Deliberative
genus deliverativum
g°now sumbouleutikÒn
Panegyric/Epideitic
genus demonstrativum
g°now §pideiktikÒn or panhgnrikÒn

 

7 Sages (Plato Prot. 343e)
Bios of Priene
Thales of Miletus
Cleobulus of Rhodes
Pittacus of Mitylene
Chilon of Sparta
Solon of Athens
Periander of Corinth
(Myson of Chen)
(Anacharsis)


Sequence of Ancient Poets
Orpheus
Musaeus
Hesiod
Homer


7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Pyramids at Giza
2700 BCE - present
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
600 BCE - ?
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
550 BCE - 401 CE
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
436 BCE - 462 CE
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
350 BCE - 1450 CE
Colossus of Rhodes
305 BCE - 227/4 BCE
Lighthouse at Pharos
290 BCE - 1323 CE