well, the barbarians invaded and conquered the Greek land and burnt down their temples and churches which burned all of greek literature.
After the fall of Rome, or what's know as the Middle Ages, Greek literature in western Europe, or the Byzantine Empire, still flourished but became heavily influenced by Christian and Oriental culture. However, Greek literature in eastern Europe almost completely disappear during the Germanic invasions which contributed to calling this period the Dark Ages. Greek literature would not have wide spread influence again until the Italian Renaissance.
After the fall of Rome, or what's know as the Middle Ages, Greek literature in Western Europe, or the Byzantine Empire, still flourished but became heavily influenced by Christian and Oriental culture. However, Greek literature in eastern Europe almost completely disappear during the Germanic invasions which contributed to calling this period the Dark Ages. Greek literature would not have wide spread influence again until the Italian Renaissance.
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Greek literature continued through the Eastern Roman Empire known now as the Byzantine Empire, producing masterpieces (but not like the ones in Classical and Hellenistic times) like princess's Anna Comnena ''Alexiad'' and the first ever encyclopedia ''Suda'' (10th century AD).
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Until the fall of Rome.
Between the fall of Troy; the birth of Alexander and the fall of Rome.
Medieval literature is any literature after the fall of Rome in the west in 476 AD (CE) and around 1450 when Gutenberg invented the printing press.
.Rome had annexed Greece and absorbed much of its culture
When the Roman Empire fell, the influence of Greek culture or Hellenism faded as well. The Romans had admired and supported Greek classicism and expressed it in their art, literature and architecture. After the empire's collapse, Greek Culture was preserved and kept safe for the future by the Byzantine Empire.
Eros (Cupid in Rome).
There was no solution, which is why Rome did in fact fall.