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| Centuries in poetry: | 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC |
| Decades in poetry: | 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 00s |
| Centuries: | 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC |
| NOTE THAT DATES IN THIS PERIOD ARE OFTEN ESTIMATED OR DISPUTED |
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Ancient Greece
Poets (by date of birth)
- Anacreon (c. 570 BCE), Teos
- Xenophanes of Colophon (c. 570 - 480 BCE)
- Phocylides (b. c. 560 BCE)
- Simonides of Ceos (c. 556 - 469 BCE)
- Hipponax of Ephesus (fl. 540 BCE)
- Aeschylus (525 - 456 BCE)
- Pindar (c. 522/518 in Cynoscephalae - 443 BCE in Argos)
- Bacchylides (born c. 507 BCE)
Dates unknown:
- Ibycus, flourished in Rhegium
- Aesop
- Theognis of Megara
- Corinna
Works
Middle East
Poets
Works
China
Poets (by date of birth)
Works
South Asia
Poets
- Approximate date of Vyasa
Works
- Approximate date of the Mahabharata
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