Written Report of Group 1
Written Report of Group 1
Written Report of Group 1
Plato was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder
of the Platonist school of thought, and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning
in the Western world. In his Cratylus referred to an age of golden men and also at some
length on Ages of Man from Hesiod's Works and Days.
Ovid in the English-speaking world and Publius Ovidius Naso as his true name. He is the
first major Roman poet to begin his career during the reign of Augustus, Ovid is today best
known for the Metamorphoses, a 15-book continuous mythological narrative written in
the meter of epic, and for works in elegiac couplets such as Ars Amatoria ("The Art of
Love") and Fasti.
Horace is known in the English-speaking world, but his real name is Quintus Horatius
Flaccus. He was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as
Octavian). One of his famous works is "Ars Poetica", or "The Art of Poetry" created in c.
19 BC, in which he advises poets on the art of writing poetry and drama. The Ars Poetica
has "exercised a great influence in later ages on European literature, notably on French
drama" and has inspired poets and authors since it was written.
Virgil or Vergil in English, he was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. Publius
Vergilius Maro his real name wrote three of the most famous poems in Latin literature:
The Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems,
collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him.
India’s Classical Age
The Classical Age of India is also called its Golden Age and refers to a time that most of the
subcontinent was under the influential Gupta Empire. This extended from about 320 BCE (Before
our Common Era) to approximately 550 CE (Common Era).
This was a time that was characterized by large-scale development and achievements in
various areas. These fields included engineering, art, science, technology, literature,
mathematics, astronomy, religion and philosophy.
This massive development on such a broad scale essentially led to the establishment of
the Hindu culture and its main identity, which exists to this day.
The two important collection of tales that have influenced tales around the world are: