The economic progress of Greece in the 8th – 6th centuries B.C. was accompanied by flourishing culture . The Greek alphabet , based on Phoenician characters , was created in the 8th century B.C. Literature entered a new stage of development . The Homeric Hymns , the Iliad and the Odyssey , were closely related to mythology ; however in Hesiod’s Works and Days we find a reliable description of everyday life in Greek society , written from the viewpoint of a simple tiller who is oppressed by the rich and the mighty . The first literary works in prose appeared at this time .
Originally a part of folklore , they were later written down . Tales in the form of fables , in which the characters were usually animals , became very popular . Aesop , a slave , is still the world’s most famous writer of fables . The 8th – 6th centuries B.C. were a time of great progress in all art forms , and especially in architecture . The wooden temples of past centuries were replaced by temples of stone . The Doric and Ionic columns came into being . Realisnt became the dominant art form .
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