"The Father of Tragedy"
Born: 525 BC near Athens
Died: 458 BC in Sicily, Italy (aged about 67)
Genre: Tragedy
Famous Works: Prometheus Bound
"The Female Homer"
Born: estimated to be between 340 and 320 BC
Time Period: active during the earl 300s BC
Genre: Epigrams
Famous Works: 24 epigrams attributed to Anyte survive today
Image: Thalia, Muse of Comedy and Pastoral Poetry
"The Father of Comedy"
Born: about 446 BC in Athens
Died: about 386 BC (aged about 60) in Delphi
Genre: Comedy
Famous Works: The Clouds, The Knights, Lysistrada, The Frogs
"The Most Tragic of Poets"
Born: about 480 BC on Salamis Island
Died: about 406 BC in Macedonia (aged about 74)
Genre: Tragedy
Famous Works: Medea, Electra
"The Father of History"
Born: about 484 bc in Halicarnassus, Caria, Asia Minor, Persian Empire
Died: about 425 bc (aged approximately 60) in Thurii, Calabria or Pella, Macedon, Ancient Greece
Genre: History
Famous Works: Histories
“Father of Greek Didactic Poetry"
Time Period: active between 750 and 650 BC
Genre: Epic Poetry and Didactic Poetry
Famous Works: Theogeny and Works and Days
"The Tenth Muse"
Born: 630 BC on Lesbos, Greece
Died: 570 BC
Genre: Lyric Poetry
Famous Works: while only fragments of Sappho's poetry remain, her poetry is well-known for its romantic and love themes
Foremost Winner of the Dionysian Dramatic Festival
Born: 497 or 496 BC in Colonus, Attica
Died: 406 or 405 BC (aged 90–92) in Athens
Genre: Tragedy
Famous Works: Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Electra (yes, Euripides and Sophocles wrote their own versions of this drama)
Poet Who Led the Defense of Argos
Time Period: 5th Century BC
Genre: Lyric Poetry
Famous Works: The metrical innovation of lyric poetry known as the Telesillean Metre Only a few lines of Telesilla's poetry have survived, and are preserved in quotations by later authors.
Image: Erato, Muse of Lyric Poetry
"Father of Scientific History"
Born: around 460 BC in Halimous, Athens (modern Alimos)
Died: about 400 BC
Genre: History
Famous Works: History of the Peloponnesian War
* Profiles marked with an asterisk were not Greek.
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