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Centuries in poetry
8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades in poetry
90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 00s
Centuries
8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Dates in this period are often estimated or disputed

India

Poets

Approximate date of Valmiki

Works

Approximate date of the Ramayana

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
Callinus (c. 740 - c. 665 BC)
Tyrtaeus (c. 700 - c. 640 BC)
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
Sappho (c. 630 - 570 BCE)
Alcaeus (born c. 620 in Mytilene)
Eumelus of Corinth (late 7th century BC)

Works

Odyssey
Iliad
Theogony
Works and Days
Homeric Hymns
Aethiopis [fragments]
Little Iliad [fragments]
Iliou persis ("Sack of Troy") [fragments]
Nostoi [fragments]
Telegony [fragments]
Cypria [fragments]
Oedipodea [fragments]
Thebaid [fragments]
Epigoni [fragments]
Alcmeonis (fragments)

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

Categories