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6th century BC in poetry

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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 (b. c. 507 BCE)
  • Sappho (c. 630/612 - 570 BCE)

    • Dates unknown:

    Contents

  • Ibycus, flourished in Rhegium
  • Aesop
  • Theognis of Megara
  • Corinna

    • Poets

  • Jeremiah of Anathoth, writing in Hebrew

    • Works

  • Psalms
  • Book of Jeremiah
  • Book of Lamentations

    • Poets

  • Approximate date of Vyasa

    • Works

  • Approximate date of the Mahabharata

    • References

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