Aeschylus, Oresteia (525–456 B.C.E.)—The Oresteia is made up of three tragic plays: the Agamemnon, the Choephoroe and the Eumenides. It is the only complete trilogy of Greek tragedies to survive from antiquity, and its theme is vengeance and counter-vengeance concerning a blood feud within the family of Agamemnon.

Alcaeus of Lesbos (c. 620–after 580 B.C.E.)—Alcaeus was a lyric poet who wrote songs generally for solo performance: drinking-songs, hymns to the gods, love lyrics, and poems on contemporary politics. Only fragments of his works survive.

Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica (c. 260–247 B.C.E.)—This work is an epic poem on the story of Jason and his quest for the Golden Fleece, written in a period when long epics were out of style.

Aristophanes, The Clouds (423 B.C.E.)—Written in the "Old Comedy" style of playwriting, The Clouds avoids...