Using form terms to search within the Lee Library's catalog can be a fruitful way to discover and explore the Library's rich holdings in Greco-Roman literature. This section of the Classical Studies Guide contains links to specific literary form searches, but you can also create your own searches for terms that are not listed here.

To perform a literary form search:

1. Go to the Library's catalog
2. Click on "Alphabetic Search"
3. Enter a form term (e.g., "science fiction," "christmas stories," "children's plays")
4. Click on "genre/form"

For further help, including help in discovering literary form terms that have been used in the Library's catalog, please contact me.

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To find examples of Greek literature in the BYU collection by literary form, click on one of the links below.

Note: not all the terms below have been used in the BYU catalog.

Greek literature

• Greek drama
  • Didactic drama, Greek
  • Domestic drama, Greek
  • Greek drama (Comedy)
  • Greek drama (Satyr play)
  • Greek drama (Tragedy)
  • Historical drama, Greek
  • Political plays, Greek
  • Religious drama, Greek
• Greek fiction
  • Adventure stories, Greek
  • Epistolary fiction, Greek
  • Love stories, Greek
  • Political fiction, Greek
• Greek letters
• Greek poetry
  • Christian poetry, Greek
  • Concrete poetry, Greek
  • Didactic poetry, Greek
  • Dithyramb
  • Elegiac poetry, Greek
  • Epistolary poetry, Greek
  • Erotic poetry, Greek
  • Folk poetry, Greek
  • Gnomic poetry, Greek
  • Historical poetry, Greek
  • Iambic poetry, Greek
  • Laudatory poetry, Greek
  • Love poetry, Greek
  • Narrative poetry, Greek
  • Odes, Greek
  • Pastoral poetry, Greek
  • Religious poetry, Greek
  • Verse satire, Greek
• Greek prose literature
• Greek wit and humor
  • Parodies, Greek
  • Satire, Greek
• Miscellaneous Greek literary forms
  • Christian literature, Early--Greek authors
  • Dialogues, Greek
  • Didactic literature, Greek
  • Erotic literature, Greek
  • Fables, Greek
  • Folk literature, Greek
  • Mock-heroic literature, Greek
  • Pastoral literature, Greek

Greek literature, Hellenistic

• Greek fiction, Hellenistic
• Greek poetry, Hellenistic
• Religious literature, Greek (Hellenistic)

To find examples of Byzantine literature in the BYU collection by literary form, click on one of the links below.

Note: not all the terms below have been used in the BYU catalog.

Byzantine literature

• Byzantine drama
• Byzantine fiction
• Byzantine letters
• Byzantine poetry
  • Anacreontic poetry, Byzantine
  • Christian poetry, Byzantine
  • Elegiac poetry, Byzantine
  • Epic poetry, Byzantine
  • Folk poetry, Byzantine
  • Historical poetry, Byzantine
  • Political poetry, Byzantine
• Byzantine prose literature
• Byzantine wit and humor
• Miscellaneous Byzantine literary forms
  • Christian literature, Byzantine
  • Epic literature, Byzantine
  • Folk literature, Byzantine
  • Romances, Byzantine

To find examples of Latin literature in the BYU collection by literary form, click on one of the links below.

Note: not all the terms below have been used in the BYU catalog.

Latin literature   

• Latin drama       
  • Historical drama, Latin
  • Latin drama (Comedy)
  • Latin drama (Tragedy)
  • Religious drama, Latin
• Latin essays
• Latin fiction
  • Love stories, Latin
• Latin letters
• Latin poetry
  • Anapestic poetry, Latin
  • Christian poetry, Latin
  • Complaint poetry, Latin
  • Didactic poetry, Latin
  • Elegiac poetry, Latin
  • Epic poetry, Latin
  • Epistolary poetry, Latin
  • Erotic poetry, Latin
  • Gnomic poetry, Latin
  • Historical poetry, Latin
  • Laudatory poetry, Latin
  • Love poetry, Latin
  • Narrative poetry, Latin
  • Occasional verse, Latin
  • Odes, Latin
  • Pastoral poetry, Latin
  • Patriotic poetry, Latin
  • Political poetry, Latin
  • Religious poetry, Latin
  • Verse satire, Latin
• Latin prose literature
• Latin wit and humor
  • Parodies, Latin
  • Satire, Latin
• Miscellaneous Latin literary forms
  • Christian literature, Early--Latin authors
  • Christian literature, Latin
  • Dialogues, Latin
  • Didactic literature, Latin
  • Exiles' writings, Latin
  • Fables, Latin
  • Pastoral literature, Latin

To find examples of Classical literature (i.e., from the Greco-Roman world) in the BYU collection by literary form, click on one of the links below.

Note: not all the terms below have been used in the BYU catalog.

Classical literature

• Classical drama
  • Classical drama (Comedy)
  • Classical drama (Tragedy)
• Classical fiction
  • Ghost stories, Classical
• Classical letters
• Classical poetry
  • Concrete poetry, Classical
  • Didactic poetry, Classical
  • Epic poetry, Classical
  • Historical poetry, Classical
  • Iambic poetry, Classical
  • Laudatory poetry, Classical
  • Love poetry, Classical
  • Occasional verse, Classical
  • Pastoral poetry, Classical
  • Verse satire, Classical
• Classical wit and humor
• Miscellaneous Classical literary forms
  • Chreiai
  • Pastoral literature, Classical