Literary Movements: Classical and Medieval Periods

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  • Period: 1200 BCE to 455

    Classical Period (1200 BCE - 455 CE)

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 800 BCE

    Homeric or Heroic Period (1200 BCE - 800 BCE)

    Homer, The Iliad and The Odyssey
  • Period: 800 BCE to 200 BCE

    Classical Greek Period (800 BCE - 200 BCE)

    Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Sophocles...
  • Period: 200 BCE to 455

    Classical Roman Period (200 BCE - 455 BE)

    Plautus, Terence, Ovid, Horace, Virgil
  • Period: 70 to 455

    Patristic Period (70 - 455)

    Early Christian writers: Saint Augustine, Saint Jerome (first compiled the Bible)
  • Period: 450 to 1066

    Old English (450 - 1066)

    Beowulf (700-750)
  • Period: 455 to 1485

    Medieval Period (455 - 1485)

  • Period: 1066 to 1450

    Middle English (1066 - 1450)

    Chretien de Troyes

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