Claudius Namatianus flourishes, writing in Latin. Sidonius Apollinaris (430–489), in Lugdunum, Gaul, writing in Latin. Magnus Felix Ennodius (474 – July...

(460 - 403 BC) Aristophanes (ca. 460 - 403 BC) Phrynichus (comic poet) (5th c. BC) Bimbisara, king of Magadha, hires poets to recite poems to his wife...

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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...

The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. This century saw the establishment of Pataliputra as a capital of...

(348–405/413) in Tarraconensis, writing in Latin Claudian (?–404) Dates Unknown: Avienius, Volsinii, Etruria, writing in Latin Nonnus, Egypt, writing in Greek...

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...

Yuan (340 - 278 BC) Chu Ci, the second great anthology of early Chinese poetry "Theocritus | Greek poet | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-07-08...

Kali"; 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His plays and poetry are primarily...

and translated literature, poetry constituted a significant part of Armenian literature from the 5th to the 18th centuries. The rich tradition of oral...