7th century BC in poetry
| Centuries in poetry: | 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC |
| Decades in poetry: | 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 00s |
| Centuries: | 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC |
| NOTE THAT DATES IN THIS PERIOD ARE OFTEN ESTIMATED OR DISPUTED |
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
- Callinus (c. 740 - c. 665 BC)
- Tyrtaeus (c. 700 - c. 640 BC)
- 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
- Sappho (c. 630 - 570 BCE)
- Alcaeus (born c. 620 in Mytilene)
- Eumelus of Corinth (late 7th century BC)
Works
- Odyssey
- Iliad
- Theogony
- Works and Days
- Homeric Hymns
- Aethiopis [fragments]
- Little Iliad [fragments]
- Iliou persis ("Sack of Troy") [fragments]
- Nostoi [fragments]
- Telegony [fragments]
- Cypria [fragments]
- Oedipodea [fragments]
- Thebaid [fragments]
- Epigoni [fragments]
- Alcmeonis (fragments)
Middle East
Works
- King Assurbanipal's library holds tablets that include versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh and Enûma Elish
China
Poets (by date of birth)
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