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1. How were letters written in ancient Greece?
2. What is the oldest Greek writing?
3. What did ancient Greek write on?
4. What is considered the first Greek novel written?

How were letters written in ancient Greece?

Rather than scrolls, the Greeks typically folded their papyrus documents into sheets, tied them up with string and then put a seal on them to make sure only the intended recipient read them. Pens were often made of reeds and dipped in ink, but writing on wax or clay tablets used a stylus.

What is the oldest Greek writing?

The earliest known Greek writings are Mycenaean, written in the Linear B syllabary on clay tablets.

What did ancient Greek write on?

The principal vehicles for writing were wax tablets incised with a stylus or a prepared surface of skin, such as leather and vellum, or of papyrus written on with a pen. Other surfaces—e.g., broken pieces of pottery, lead, wood, and even cloth—were also used.

What is considered the first Greek novel written?

The oldest work I am aware of that can definitively be called a “novel” is The Milesian Tale, a lost work known to have been written in around the second century BC by the ancient Greek writer Aristeides of Miletos.