[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.492 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.492 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.492 - **Language:** English ### [c7.492](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.492) The golden period of Greek literature was when the city of Athens enjoyed supreme political power. Literature during the period set the model for future generations. It was during this period that Greek achieved the best in different literary forms like tragedy, comedy, lyric, elegy, history, philosophy, oratory etc. Pindar, Aeschylus, Herodotus, Sophocles-Euripides, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Plato and Demosthenes—these are distinguished names who were responsible for the great development of the literary forms referred to above. - [Previous: c7.491](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.491) - [Next: c7.493](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.493) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.492](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.492) · Pramāṇa