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5th century BC in poetry

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Centuries in poetry
6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC
Decades in poetry
90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 00s
Centuries
6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC
Dates in this period are often estimated or disputed

Ancient Greece

Poets (by date of birth)

Phrynichus (tragic poet) (6th c. BC - post 475 BC)
Aeschylus (525 - 456 BC)
Pindar (ca. 518 - ca. 438 BC)
Sophocles (495 - 405 BC)
Euripides (480 - 406 BC)
Critias (460 - 403 BC)
Aristophanes (ca. 460 - 403 BC)
Phrynichus (comic poet) (5th c. BC)

India

Events

Bimbisara, king of Magadha, hires poets to recite poems to his wife Khema describing the beauty of the monastery at which Gautama Buddha is staying in order to entice her to visit (approximate date)

Citations

OCD, sv Phrynicus (1)
Brunet et al., 5
Brunet et al, 356
Brunet et al, 392
Brunet et al, 107
OCD, sv Critias
OCD, sv Aristophanes (1)
OCD, sv Phrynicus (2)
Bansal, Sunita Pant (2006). On the Footsteps of Buddha. Smriti Books. p. 41. ISBN 9788187967736.

References

S. Brunet, R. Smith, & S. Trzaskoma (eds. & trans.) (2004) Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation. Hackett Publishing Co.: Indianapolis, IN.
S. Hornblower, A. Spawforth, & E. Eidinow (eds.) (2012) The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th ed. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.