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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“The poets were not alone in sanctioning myths, for long before the poets the states and the lawmakers had sanctioned them as a useful expedient.... They needed to control the people by superstitious fears, and these cannot be aroused without myths and marvels.”
—Strabo (c. 58 B.C.–c. 24 A.D., Greek geographer. Geographia, bk. 1, sct. 2, subsct. 8.
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