The poison in it tasted like bitter almonds
A. To inform
The article is about the HISTORY of German film. Therefore the film critic is explaining and telling the reader of what occurred, or informing.
Virgil
Shakespeare
Hesiod
Dante
Marlowe
from oldest to newest Hesiod, Virgil, Dante, Marlowe, and Shakespeare (Im not sure about Marlowe and Shakespeare, they came around the same time, but Marlowe died before Shakespeare)