Short answers, pulled from the story.
Greek literature dates back to around 800 BC, when the works of Homer, including the Iliad and the Odyssey, were fixed in written form. The Greeks created poetry even before writing was widely used, with the earliest works meant to be sung or recited.
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are the most famous ancient Greek philosophers. Their work flourished during the Classical period (c. 500-323 BC), and philosophy was considered the greatest prose achievement of the 4th century BC.
The Septuagint is a translation of the Old Testament into Greek, completed at Alexandria by the end of the 2nd century BC. It was one of the most valuable contributions of the Hellenistic period, carrying Hebrew scripture into the dominant intellectual language of the Mediterranean world.
Erotokritos is a Cretan Renaissance verse romance and one of the most significant works of Modern Greek literature. It was written around 1600 by Vitsentzos Kornaros, who lived from 1553 to 1613.
Giorgos Seferis and Odysseas Elytis are the Greek authors who have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Both wrote in Modern Greek.
Byzantine literature is the literature of the Byzantine Empire, written in Atticizing, Medieval, and early Modern Greek from around 330 to 1453. It combined Greek and Christian civilization on a Roman political foundation and drew on four cultural elements: Greek, Christian, Roman, and Oriental. Chronicles and encyclopedias flourished in this period.