3rd century BC in poetry
This article describes aspects of poetry in the 3rd century B.C.
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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:
- Herodas, Greek
- Theocritus, Greek
- Anyte of Tegea, Greek woman poet[1]
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