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| Centuries in poetry |
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| Decades in poetry |
| Centuries |
| 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
- Little Iliad
- Iliou persis ("Sack of Troy")
- Nostoi
- Telegony
- Cypria
- Oedipodea
- Thebaid
- Epigoni
- Alcmeonis (fragments)
Middle East
Poets
Works
- King Assurbanipal's library holds tablets that include versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh and Enûma Elish