7th century BC in poetry

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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

NOTE THAT DATES IN THIS PERIOD ARE OFTEN ESTIMATED OR DISPUTED

Contents 1 Ancient Greece 1.1 Poets (by date of birth) 1.2 Works 2 Middle East 2.1 Poets 2.2 Works 3 China 3.1 Poets (by date of birth) 3.2 Works

[edit] Ancient Greece

[edit] 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. 638–558 BCE)
• Mimnermus of Colophon (fl. 630-600)
• Stesichorus (640 - 555 BCE), Himera, Sicily
• Alcaeus (born c. 620 in Mytilene
• Sappho (c. 610 - 580 BCE)

[edit] Works

• Odyssey
• Iliad
• Theogony
• Works and Days

[edit] Middle East

[edit] Poets

[edit] Works

• King Assurbanipal's library holds tablets that include versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh and Enûma Elish

[edit] China

[edit] Poets (by date of birth)

[edit] Works