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
- Archilochus of Paros (born c. 700)
- Alcman (dates unknown)
- Semonides
- Solon (ca. 638â€"558 BCE)
- Mimnermus of Colophon (fl. 630-600)
- Stesichorus (640 - 555 BCE), Himera, Sicily
- Alcaeus (born c. 620 in Mytilene)
- Sappho (c. 610 - 580 BCE)
- Callinus (c. 740 - c. 665 BC)
- Eumelus of Corinth (late 7th century BC)
- Tytaeus (c. 700 - c. 640 BC)>
Works
- Odyssey
- Iliad
- Theogony
- Works and Days
- Homeric Hymns
- Aethiopis
- Little Iliad
- Iliou persis ("Sack of Troy")
- Nostoi
- Telegony
- Cypria
- Oedipodea
- Thebaid
- Epigoni
- Alkmaionis
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
