Poets Of The Ancient World 1-17
17 entries in the Poets Of The Ancient World compendium.
AlcmanAncient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta, earliest of the Nine Lyric Poets.Apollonius of RhodesAncient Greek poet and librarian, author of the Argonautica.AratusGreek didactic poet known for his astronomical poem *Phenomena*.ArchilochusArchaic iambic poet from Paros, known for personal themes.BacchylidesGreek lyric poet of clarity and simplicity, rival of Pindar.CallimachusHellenistic poet, scholar, and librarian of Alexandria.CædmonEarliest named English poet, inspired by a dream.CynewulfOne of four named Old English poets with surviving work.Caecilius StatiusRoman comic poet, adapter of Greek New Comedy.Amr ibn KulthumPre-Islamic poet and chieftain of the Taghlib tribe.Antarah ibn ShaddadPre-Islamic Arab poet and knight of the Banu Abs.AśvaghoṣaBuddhist philosopher, dramatist, and poet from ancient India.BhāsaBhāsa is one of the earliest known playwrights in Sanskrit, predating the celebrated poet BhavabhutiEighth-century Sanskrit playwright and successor to Kalidasa.Bilhana11th-century Sanskrit poet from Kashmir who served three royal courts.Cao ZhiPrince of Cao Wei and influential Jian'an poet.Bao ZhaoLiu Song poet known for his fu rhapsody on a ruined city.
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