7th century BC in poetry

7th century BC in poetry

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Ancient Greece

Poets (by date of birth)

* Homer, born near or before the beginning of the century
* Hesiod, born near or before the beginning of the century in Boeotia
* Archilochus of Paros (born c. 700)
* Alcman (dates unknown)
* Semonides
* Solon (ca. 638–558 BCE)
* Mimnermus of Colophon (fl. 630-600)
* Stesichorus (640 - 555 BCE), Himera, Sicily
* Alcaeus (born c. 620 in Mytilene)
* Sappho (c. 610 - 580 BCE)

Works

* Odyssey
* Iliad
* Theogony
* Works and Days

Middle East

Poets

Works

* King Assurbanipal's library holds tablets that include versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh and Enûma Elish

China

Poets (by date of birth)

* Lady Xu Mu

Works


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