Ancient and Early Literature and Books

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When	Hint	Answer
2250–1700 BC	Epic poem from Mesopotamia	Epic of Gilgamesh
1500 BC	Egyptian funerary text	Book of the Dead
9th century BC	Chinese divination text	Classic of Changes (I Ching)
8th century BC	The two major epic poems attributed to Homer	Iliad
8th century BC	The two major epic poems attributed to Homer	Odyssey
8th century BC	Foundational Hindu texts, most recent of the Vedas	Upanishads
6th century BC	Greek collection including "The Tortoise and the Hare"	Aesop's Fables
6th century BC	Lyric poet from the island of Lesbos	Sappho
5th century BC	Chinese military treatise by Sun Tzu	The Art of War
5th century BC	Playwright of Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Electra	Sophocles
5th century BC	Playwright of The Frogs, The Birds, The Wasps	Aristophanes
4th century BC	Classic Chinese text written by Laozi	Tao Te Ching
4th century BC	This Greek mathematician writes Elements	Euclid
4th century BC	Plato's best-known work: Socratic dialogue about justice and order	Republic
385 BC	Philosophical text by Plato: Contest of speeches by men at a banquet	Symposium
29 and 19 BC	Roman poet who wrote the epic Aeneid	Virgil
1st century AD	Roman poet who wrote Metamorphoses	Ovid
2nd century	Stoic philosopher who wrote Meditations	Marcus Aurelius
2nd–3rd century	Sanskrit text on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment	Kama Sutra
4th century	This Christian theologian writes Confessions.	Augustine of Hippo
700–1000	Old English epic poem written by anonymous author	Beowulf

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