Cædmon likely flourishes from approximately 657 to 680 in Northumbria Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, Irish (d. 661) Cædmon's Hymn, Old English Dream of the...

The 7th century is the period from 601 through 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. The spread of Islam and the Muslim conquests...

Sicily Sappho (c. 630 - 570 BCE) Alcaeus (born c. 620 in Mytilene) Eumelus of Corinth (late 7th century BC) Odyssey Iliad Theogony Works and Days Homeric...

Pre-Islamic poetry at its height as the Arabic language emerges as a literary language. 'Abid ibn al-Abras, (d. 554) Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560) 'Alqama...

Chinese poetry in the Tang dynasty develops into what is now considered to be of the characteristic style known as Tang poetry, highlighted by the work...

surviving English poetry, written in Anglo-Saxon, the direct predecessor of modern English, may have been composed as early as the 7th century. The earliest...

in Tang dynasty China, this is an area which has not escaped interest from the perspective of historical gender roles. Poetry portal 7th century in poetry...

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...

valleys. Some of the earliest written poetry in Africa occurs among the Pyramid Texts written during the 25th century BCE. The earliest surviving Western...

ornaments of poetry"). For centuries, he was known only by reputation, until manuscripts of the Kāvyālaṃkāra came to the attention of scholars in the early...