7th century BC in poetry

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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)

Works

• Odyssey
• Iliad
• Theogony
• Works and Days

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

Works

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