Greek literature refers to writings composed in areas of Greek influence, throughout the whole period in which the Greek-speaking people have existed.
Read more about Greek Literature: Ancient Greek Literature (before AD 350), Byzantine (AD 290-1453), Modern Greek (post 1453)
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“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land,
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.”
—Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)
“There are people whom even children’s literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in the Wisdom of Solomon.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)