Editing Greek literature (section)

===Hellenistic (323–31 BC)===
By 338 BC many of the key Greek cities had been conquered by [[Philip II of Macedon]]. Philip II's son [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] extended his father's conquests greatly.

The Hellenistic age is defined as the time between the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of Roman domination.  After the 3rd century BC, the Greek colony of [[Alexandria]] in northern [[Egypt]] became the center of Greek culture.

Greek poetry flourished with significant contributions from [[Theocritus]], [[Callimachus]], and [[Apollonius of Rhodes]]. Theocritus, who lived from about 310 to 250 BC, was the creator of pastoral poetry, a type that the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Virgil]] mastered in his [[Eclogues]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://classes.maxwell.syr.edu/his301-001/when_cultures_collide.htm|title=Historiography of the Hellenistic Age|date=2016-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003205129/http://classes.maxwell.syr.edu/his301-001/when_cultures_collide.htm|archive-date=2017-10-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Drama was represented by the [[New Comedy]], of which [[Menander]] was the principal exponent.

One of the most valuable contributions of the Hellenistic period was the [[Septuagint]] translation of the [[Old Testament]] into Greek. This work was done at Alexandria and completed by the end of the 2nd century BC.

[[File:Strabon.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Strabo]]]]