Famous Authors
| Author | All dates are BCE except for Arrian |
| Aeschines | 345 |
| Aeschylus | 525-456 |
| Aesop | 570 |
| Alexis | 350 |
| Alkaeos (Alcaeus) | 610 |
| Alkman (Alcman) | 610 |
| Anacreon (Anakreon) | 530 |
| Anaxandrides | 350 |
| Anaximander | 580 |
| Andokides (Andocides) | 405 |
| Antiphanes | 380 |
| Antiphon | 412 |
| Apollodorus of Athens | 140 |
| Apollonius Rhodius | 200 |
| Aratus | 270 |
| Archilochus | 700 |
| Archimedes | 250 |
| Archytas | circa 400 |
| Aristeas | 270 |
| Aristophanes (grammarian) | 200 |
| Aristophanes (poet) | 444-380 |
| Aristotle | 384-322 |
| Arrian | 100 CE |
| Bion | 200 |
| Chares | 320 |
| Chrysippus of Soli | 280-204 |
| Demokritus (Democritus) | 430 |
| Demosthenes | 385-322 |
| Diokles (Diocles) | 470 |
| Diodorus Siculus | circa 40 |
| Dionysius of Halicarnassus | 30 |
| Diphilus | 300 |
| Ephcharmus | 480 |
| Epikurus (Epicurus) | 342-270 |
| Epimenides | 600 |
| Eratosthenes | born 196 |
| Eubulus | 350 |
| Euklid (Euclid) | 300 |
| Eupolis | 429 |
| Euripides | 480-406 |
| Gorgias | 430 |
| Hekataus (Hecataeus) | 510 |
| Heraklides (Heraclides) | 390 |
| Heraklitus (Heraclitus) | 500 |
| Hermippus | 432 |
| Hero Alexandrinus | 250 |
| Herodotus | 484-408 |
| Hesiod | circa 750 |
| Hippokrates (Hippocrates) | 430 |
| Hipponax | 540 |
| Homer | circa 750 |
| Hyperides | born 322 |
| Isaeus | 370 |
| Isokrates (Isocrates) | 436-388 |
| Kallimachus (Callimachus) | 260 |
| Kebes (Cebes) | 399 |
| Kratinus (Cratinus) | died 423 |
| Kritias (Critias) | 411 |
| Lykophron (Lycophron) | circa 270 |
| Lykurgos (Lycurgus) | 329 |
| Lynkeus (Lynceus) | 300 |
| Lysias | fl.410 |
| Lysippus | 434 |
| Machon | 280 |
| Menander | 325 |
| Mimnermus | circa 600 |
| Moschus | 200 |
| Nikander (Nicander) | 160 |
| Numenius | circa 350 |
| Phokylides (Phocylides) | 540 |
| Phylarchus | 210 |
| Pindar | 521-441 |
| Plato | 427 |
| Polybius | 122 |
| Posidippus | 280 |
| Pythagoras | 531 |
| Sappho | 610 |
| Seneka (Seneca) | 280-150 |
| Simonides of Amorgos | 693 |
| Simonides of Keos | 524 |
| Solon | 594 |
| Sophokles (Sophocles) | 496-406 |
| Strattis | 407 |
| Theognis | 540 |
| Theokritus (Theocritus) | 280 |
| Theophrastus | 322 |
| Thukydides (Thucydides) | 432 |
| Timaeus (author) | 250 |
| Timaeus (historian) | 260 |
| Timaeus of Lokri | 375 |
| Timokles (Timocles) | 350 |
| Xenophanes | 540 |
| Xenophon | 400 |
| Zeno | 290 |
| Zenodotus | 280 |
