2nd century BC in poetry

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Centuries in poetry:	3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC
Decades in poetry:	90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 00s
Centuries:	3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC

NOTE THAT DATES IN THIS PERIOD ARE OFTEN ESTIMATED OR DISPUTED

Contents 1 China 1.1 Poets (by date of birth) 1.2 Works 2 South Asia 2.1 Poets 2.2 Works 3 Mediterranean world 3.1 Poets (by date of birth) 3.2 Works

[edit] China

[edit] Poets (by date of birth)

• Jia Yi (200 - 168 BCE)
• Sima Xiangru (179-117 BCE), Western Han
• Sima Qian (145 - ? BCE)

[edit] Works

[edit] South Asia

[edit] Poets

• Approximate time of Tiruvalluvar (300 - 100 BCE), writing in Tamil

[edit] Works

Compilation of the Pathinenmaelkanakku (Eighteen Major Anthology Series) of early Tamil poetry.

[edit] Mediterranean world

[edit] Poets (by date of birth)

• Antipater of Sidon
• Lucius Afranius (poet)

[edit] Works

• likely latest date for the Book of Proverbs, written in Hebrew