| HONR 218C | Western Intellectual Heritage: The Hero and Society |
A Rough Chronology of the Texts |
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| Author | Work | Date |
| Homer | Iliad | ca. 650 BCE |
| Bible | Judges (Samson story) | ca. 600 BCE |
| 1-2 Samuel (David story) | ca. 550 BCE | |
| Sophocles | Antigone | 441 BCE |
| Oedipus the King | 429 BCE | |
| Aristophanes | Clouds | 423 BCE |
| Plato | Apology of Socrates, etc. | ca. 390 BCE |
| Virgil | Aeneid | 19 BCE |
| Anonymous | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | ca. 1400 CE |
| Machiavelli | The Prince | 1513 CE |
| Shakespeare | Henry V | 1599 CE |
| Milton | Samson Agonistes | 1670 CE |
* The early sources for Judges and Samuel were written down much nearer the events, circa 1000 to 900 BCE, but were edited to something like their present form. Likewise, Homer's oral texts were later edited by grammarians and editors. |
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