Translated into a multitude of languages ​​and often reprinted, the History of Greek literature by Albin Lesky (1896-1981) marked from its original publication a landmark in the study of antiquity. In an exemplary exercise of synthesis, this work proposes a tour of the main keys of Greek literature, whose maturity and perfection are already appreciated in its origins. From the monumental Homeric epic to the imperial epoch, Lesky successively sketches the movements, authors, and masterpieces in literature that has largely shaped Western letters and thought. Genres such as epic, tragedy, history, lyric or scientific literature, and figures such as Herodotus, Sophocles or Plutarch thus become the object of lucid reflections and the author's accurate assertions in his treatment. Its approach, accessible but not unrelated to the problem of scientific research, and its easy handling make it an indispensable reference, both for the specialist and for the educated public interested in Greek literature, which has already been used by several generations. This second volume ranges from the golden age of the Greek polis, through Hellenism, to Greek literature in the imperial era. "If the monumental work of Austrian philosopher and scholar Albin Lesky retains all his interest and validity after forty years of the last edition that revised its author, it is for having found a difficult balance between the disclosure and the investigation, on the one hand, and the humanist and historicist perspectives, on the other. "