7th century BC in poetry

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)

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. 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)
• 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

• Thbaida

• 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