List of ancient writers (Greek)
This list contains Greek writers of antiquity , sorted by genre or area of expertise.
Greek writer
Poet (poet and epigrammarian)
- Alkaios of Lesbos (* around 630 BC in Mytilene on Lesbos; † around 580 BC)
- Alkman (7th century BC)
- Alpheios of Mytilene (1st century AD)
- Anacreon (* around 575/570 BC in Teos in Ionia; † 495 BC in Athens)
- Antimachus of Colophon (c. 400 BC)
- Antipater of Thessalonica (1st century BC)
- Antoninus Liberalis (2nd century)
- Anyte von Tegea , poet, epigrammatist (3rd century BC)
- Aratos of Soloi (* approx. 310 BC in Soloi, Cilicia; † 245 BC)
- Archilochus (* around 680 BC in Paros, † around 645 BC)
- Aristainetus (5th century AD)
- Aristeas (7th century BC)
- Artemon of Athens (?)
- Asios of Samos (7th or 6th century BC)
- Asklepiades of Samos (4th to 3rd centuries BC)
- Automedon of Kyzikos (?)
- Bakchylides (* around 520/516 BC in Iulis on Keos; † around 451 BC)
- Bion of Smyrna (around 100 BC)
- Dioscorides from Nicopolis (?)
- Erinna , poet (4th century BC)
- Glaucus of Nicopolis
- Herodas (3rd century BC)
- Hedyle , poet
- Ibykos
- Isyllos (4th century BC)
- Iulius Diocles of Karystus
- Callimachus , poet and scholar
- Callimachus of Cyrene
- Korinna , poet (controversial, before 200 BC)
- Meleager of Gadara
- Moiro , poet (2nd century or 3rd century BC)
- Myrtis , poet (5th century BC)
- Nonnos of Panopolis (5th century)
- Nossis , epigrammatist, poet (worked 280/70 BC)
- Philetas (4th century BC)
- Philoxenus of Kythira
- Phocylides of Miletus (around 540 BC)
- Pindar (522-443 BC)
- Polemon of Laodikeia
- Polystratos of Letopolis
- Poseidippus of Pella (310–240 BC)
- Praxilla , poet (5th century BC)
- Rhianos of Crete (3rd century BC), epigrammatist and epic writer
- Sappho , poet (* approx. 620 BC)
- Semonides (7th century BC), iambic poet
- Simonides von Keos (approx. 556–469 BC), lyric poet
- Scythinos by Teos
- Solon
- Stesichoros
- Straton of Sardis
- Telesilla , poet (5th century BC)
- Theognis of Megara
- Theocritus
- Theophrastus (around 390–287 BC)
- Thymocles
- Xanthos (7th century BC)
- Xenokritus of Lokroi (7th century BC)
- Xenophanes
playwright
- Agathocles (comedy poet) (2nd century BC)
- Aeschylus (525–456 BC)
- Alexandros (satyr play poet)
- Aristophanes (approx. 448–385 BC)
- Euripides (approx. 480–406 BC)
- Menander (342–290 BC)
- Philetairos (poet) (4th century BC)
- Sophocles (496–406 BC),
- Xenarchus (comedy poet) (late 4th century BC)
Epic
- Apollonios of Rhodes
- Choirilos of Samos
- Hesiod (* approx. 700 BC)
- Homer (late 8th century BC)
- Nonnos of Panopolis (5th century AD)
- Quintus of Smyrna (probably 3rd century AD)
- Rhianos of Crete (3rd century BC)
Fable poets
Grammarians and encyclopedists
- Ailios Herodianos
- Antimachus of Colophon
- Apollodor
- Apollonios Dyskolos
- Apollonios of Rhodes
- Apollonius eidograph
- Aristarchus of Samothrace
- Aristophanes of Byzantium
- Athenaios
- Boios
- Didymos Chalkenteros
- Diomedes Grammaticus
- Dionysios Thrax
- Eratosthenes
- Hellanikos of Lesbos
- Callimachus
- Kallistratos
- Krates from Mallos
- Lysanias of Cyrene
- Nikanor from Alexandria
- Nikanor from Kos
- Nikanor from Cyrene
- Pamphilus of Alexandria
- Philetas
- Photios I.
- Stephanos
- Stephanos of Byzantium
- John Stobaius
- Tryphon
- Zenodotus of Ephesus
historian
- Agatharchides
- Agathias
- Akusilaos of Argos (late 6th - early 5th century BC)
- Apollodorus by Artemita
- Appian
- Aratos of Sicyon
- Aristobulus of Kassandreia
- Arrian
- Athanis
- Berossos
- Cassiodorus
- Cassius Dio
- Chares from Mytilene
- Charon of Lampsakos
- Deinias
- Dinon of Colophon
- Dion Chrysostomos (approx. 40–120), orator and Roman historian of the first century
- Diodor
- Diogenes Laertios
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus
- Dionysios of Samos
- Ephorus of Kyme
- Eratosthenes
- Eunapios of Sardis
- Eusebius of Caesarea
- Eustathios of Epiphaneia
- Eutychianos
- Hecataeus of Abdera
- Hecataeus of Miletus
- Hellanikos of Lesbos
- Herodian
- Herodotus (approx. 485–420 BC), historian
- Jerome of Cardia
- Callisthenes of Olynthos
- Castor of Rhodes
- Clitarchus
- Kratippos of Athens
- Ktesias of Knidos
- Megasthenes
- Menander protector
- Nikolaos of Damascus
- Olympiodorus of Thebes
- Onesikritos
- Philinos of Akragas
- Philip of Side
- Philistus
- Philostorgios
- Phlegon of Tralleis
- Phylarchus
- Polybios
- Poseidonios
- Praxagoras of Athens
- Prices
- Prokopios of Caesarea
- Socrates Scholasticos
- Sosicrates of Rhodes
- Sozomenos
- Strabo
- Theodoret
- Theodorus Lector
- Theophanes
- Theophylactus Simokates
- Theopompus
- Thucydides (approx. 460–400 BC), historian and Athenian, general
- Timaeus of Tauromenion
- Xanthos the Lydian
- Xenophon (431-ca. 360 BC), Athenian pupil of Socrates and mercenary leader
- Zenon of Rhodes
- Zosimos
Philosophers
- Ainesidemos
- Anaxagoras
- Anaximander (around 610-546 BC), pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
- Anaximenes
- Aristainetos (5th century), author
- Aristotle
- Bolos from Mendes
- Epicurus
- Euhemeros
- Plato
- Plotinus
- Plutarch (ca. 46-120), author
- Polybios (approx. 203-120 BC), author
- Zenon of Elea (around 490 - around 430 BC), pre-Socratic, Eleatic
- Zenon of Kition (336-264 BC), founder of the Stoa
- Zenon of Sidon (around 150 - around 70 BC), late Epicurean
- Zenon of Tarsus (3rd century BC)
Speaker
- The ten Attic speakers :
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Novelists
- Xenophon of Ephesus (1st century)
- Chariton (2nd century)
- Heliodoros from Emesa (3rd century)
- Achilles Tatios (3rd century)
- Longos (3rd / 4th century), author of the famous work Daphnis and Chloe