# Illustrated history of ancient literature, oriental and classical

Author: Quackenbos, John D. (John Duncan), 1848-1926

Genre: Category: History - Ancient

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67687

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Illustrated+history+of+ancient+literature%2C+oriental+and+classical+Quackenbos&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Sanscrit Language, 31.—Sanscrit Alphabet, 32.—Sanscrit Researches, 33.—The Veda, 34.—The Upavedas, 35.—The Purânas, 35.—Social Life of the Vedic People, 37.—Code of Manu, 38.—Epic Poetry, 40.—The Râmâyana, 40.—The Mahâbhârata, 43.—Lyric and Didactic Poetry, 46.—Kalidâsa, 46.—Jayadeva, 48.—Gitagovinda, 49.—The Sanscrit Shakespeare, 50.—Sakoontalâ, 50.—The Hindoo Drama, 54.—Tales and Fables, 56.—History and Grammar, 57.—Buddhist Literature, 58.—Writing Materials of the Hindoos, 60.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.—AGE OF DECLINE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.—GOLDEN AGE OF GRECIAN LITERATURE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.—HINDOO LITERATURE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.—DAWN OF ROMAN LITERATURE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.—HEBREW LITERATURE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.—GOLDEN AGE OF ROMAN LITERATURE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.—LATER GREEK LITERATURE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.—THE ALEXANDRIAN PERIOD.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.—EGYPTIAN LITERATURE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.—LYRIC POETRY.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.—CHINESE LITERATURE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.—CHALDEAN, ASSYRIAN, ARABIC, AND PHŒNICIAN LITERATURES.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.—AGE OF EPIC POETRY.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.—RISE OF GREEK PROSE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.—PERSIAN LITERATURE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.—BIRTH OF GRECIAN LITERATURE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.—LATIN AND ITS OLDEST MONUMENTS.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/illustrated-history-of-ancient-literature-oriental-and-classical-67687/chapters/14/index.md)