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This article describes aspects of poetry in the 3rd century B.C.

Centuries in poetry
4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC
Decades in poetry
90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 00s
Centuries
4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC
Dates in this period are often estimated or disputed

Mediterranean World

Poets (by date of birth)

Apollonius of Rhodes (c. 295 - after 246 BCE), Greek
Ennius (239 - 169 BCE), Salento, Latin

Date unknown:

Works

Likely date for the Book of Job, written in Hebrew
Aetia by Callimachus

China

Poets (by date of birth)

Song Yu^[2]

Works

Chu Ci, the second great anthology of early Chinese poetry

References

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