5th century BC in poetry

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Centuries in poetry:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades in poetry:	90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 00s
Centuries:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th 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 China 2.1 Poets (by date of birth) 2.2 Works

[edit] Ancient Greece

[edit] Poets (by date of birth)

• Sophocles (495 - 406 BCE)
• Euripedes (480 - 406 BCE)
• Critias (460 - 403 BCE)

[edit] Works

[edit] China

[edit] Poets (by date of birth)

[edit] Works

• The last poems of the Shi Jing likely completed prior to the end of the Warring states period in 481 BCE; the first poems may date more than 7 centuries earlier.