| Hellenistic/Roman times: ~III c. BC.-V c. AD. |
Alexandrian Museum/Library scholarship; Roman scholars. Classical
languages (Gk. and Lat.) are alive as national languages. |
| Medieval times: ~VI-XII c. |
Scholasticism. Greek nearly forgotten in Europe; Latin becomes
the language of the church and education, tailored to the needs of the
Catholic dogmatics. |
| Renaissance: ~XIII-XVI c. |
Humanism. Revival of the interest to the classical world
as human legacy. Greek and Latin are studied as dead languages and the
basics of education. |
| Enlightenment: ~XVII-XVIII c. |
Neo-classicism prevails as an ideal of reason and harmony.
Classical legacy is regarded as an aesthetical canon of rules to imitate. |
| Rise of freedom: XVIII-XIX c. |
Romanticism. The ideals of individualism, self-determination
and self-realization of man prevail. Classical heritage is viewed in the
broader cultural scope. Comparative study of myths and languages begins. |
| Modern times: XX c. |
Growth of archaeology and scientific research of the classical world.
Cross-cultural study of classics. |
| Minoan |
~ 6000-1400 B.C. - Crete: Minos, Labyrinth. |
| Mycenaean |
~ 1600-1000 B.C. - Trojan War. Linear B writing. |
| Dark Ages |
~ 1000-800 B.C. - Iron Age. Homeric epic: TheIliad
and TheOdyssey. |
| Archaic |
~ 800-500 B.C. - Polis: city-state. Early philosophy. |
| Classical |
~ 500-330 B.C. - Attic drama. |
| Hellenistic |
~ 330-30 B.C. - Alexandrian Library. |
| Roman |
~ 150 B.C.- A.D. 476 - Vergil; Ovid. |
| Byzantine |
A.D. 330 - 1453. - Christian world. |