The earliest Greek stories were epics. These long poems told about heroic deeds.
Homer
The first great epics of early Greece were the Iliad and the Odyssey. The poet Homer wrote these epics during the 700s B.C. He based them on stories of a war between Greece and the city of Troy, which once existed in what is today northwestern Turkey.
In the Iliad, a prince of Troy kidnaps the wife of the king of Sparta. The king of Mycenae and the brother of the king of Sparta lead the Greeks to attack Troy.
In the Iliad, a prince of Troy kidnaps the wife of the king of Sparta. The king of Mycenae and the brother of the king of Sparta lead the Greeks to attack Troy.
Aesop
About 550 B.C., a Greek slave named Aesop made up his now famous fables. A fable is a short tale that teaches a lesson. In most of Aesop's fables, animals talk and act like people. For about 200 years, Aesop's fables were passed from person to person.