The Greek authors were the pioneers of modern day literature. They were some of the very first to ignore practicality - they used their writing, not just to record the past, but to entertain. Art. The Greeks were the ones who took the first steps toward what we know as society today. The Greek authors were sophisticated, they were knowledgeable, but, most importantly, they knew how to conjure up a good story. And using their …showed first 75 words of 737 total…

…showed last 75 words of 737 total…held some of the important and fundamental keys of Greek society. It is this intertwining of knowledge and entertainment that was a great step in Greek culture, and it goes to show that the Greek authors were ahead of their time - and the simple fact that we still have a lot of their works to this day shows us how important and essentially triumphant they were in the aspirations they set out to achieve.