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6th century BC in poetry

Centuries in poetry:	7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades in poetry:	90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 00s
Centuries:	7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC

NOTE THAT DATES IN THIS PERIOD ARE OFTEN ESTIMATED OR DISPUTED

Ancient Greece

Poets (by date of birth)

Anacreon (c. 570–c.485 BCE), Teos^[1]
Xenophanes of Colophon (c. 570–c.478 BCE)^[2]
Phocylides (b. c. 560 BCE)
Simonides of Ceos (c. 556–469 BCE)
Hipponax of Ephesus (fl. 540 BCE)
Aeschylus (525–456 BCE)
Pindar (c. 522/518 in Cynoscephalae – 443 BCE in Argos)
Bacchylides (b. c. 507 BCE)

Dates unknown:

Ibycus, flourished in Rhegium
Aesop
Theognis of Megara
Corinna

Works

Ode to Polycrates

Middle East

Poets

Jeremiah of Anathoth, writing in Hebrew

Works

China

Poets (by date of birth)

Works

India

Poets

Approximate date of Vyasa

Works

Approximate date of the Mahabharata

References

^ "Anacreon | Greek poet". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ McKirahan, Richard D. (2011). Philosophy Before Socrates (Second Edition): An Introduction with Texts and Commentary: An Introduction with Texts and Commentary. Hackett Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 9781603846127.

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