Europe

• Most of geographical Europe was inhabited by groups of people without writing, peoples known to us exclusively through archaeology or accounts by their southern neighbors. The oldest Greek literature preserved to our days consists of four epics. The Iliad (Ilias) and the Odyssey (Odysseia) are associated with the name of Homer, while the Theogony (Theogonia) and the Works and Days (Erga kai hemerai) are ascribed to Hesiod. Literary forms that combined music, movement, and words were also the starting point of Greek drama, perhaps the most original of all Greek literary creations. Alexander's wars became a watershed in Greek history and culture. Native Roman literary culture all but disappeared in the encounter with the Greeks. During the first century bce, Latin literature successively acquired a new set of native classics, and these writers were felt to stand comparison with the best Greek authors.

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HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Litteraturvetenskap (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- General Literary Studies (hsv//eng)

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Literature

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