/lit/ - Literature

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Well for Homeric Greece the Homeric Epics obviously.
For Classical Greece i would say firstly Plato's Republic and the Symposium and then Aristotle's History of Animals and then Nickomacheian Ethics. Plato had a huge influence on early christian scholars and Aristotle had a huge influence on medieval christian scholars.
For Byzantine Greece I myself am a bit lost, since even in Greece the Byzantine Empire and it's feats are criminaly overlooked and brushed aside in favor of "muh classicism". So sadly there aren't many publishing houses that publish works of Byzantine writers. Either way, i would recommend looking into the works of the Three Holy Hierarchs, especially Gregory the Theologician, since their influence in byzantine-age thought and philosophy was so great that the orthodox church has proclaimed them the patron saints of education and knowledge. For Late Byzantine Greece, when it started falling appart I would recommend Nomoi or Book of Laws from Gemistus Pletho.
For Renaissance Greece I surely say that Erotokritos by Kornaros is the masterpiece of the time.
For Early Modern/Liberated Greece i would say Solomos' Hymn to Liberty, but since it's too focused on the greek fight for independence and might be boring to a non-greek, I would recommend any of his other poems or collections.
For Modern Greece i would say the poems of Odysseas Elytis. But personally, I think the Last Temptation by Kazantzakis or the Crime of my Mother by Bizyinos are also excellent works.
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