The most influential and oldest national literature in the Western world comes from the Greeks. Ancient Greek literature became the model for all later literature. Many different and significant types of literature were introduced. These include lyric and epic poetry, philosophical essays and dialogues, tragic and comic drama, literary letters and critical and biographical history.

The first important form of Greek literature was epic poetry. Epics are long narrative poems. Most of them inform us about the heroic deeds of mortals or divine beings. Homer is considered the greatest Greek poet. He composed the “Iliad” and “The Odyssey”, which are two famous epic poems. He composed these during the 700’s BC. Both of these poems

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