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Flourished	c.500 BCE - c.401 BCE

Homer

Homer

Greek poet

Hesiod

Hesiod

Greek poet

Apollonius of Rhodes

Greek poet

Mimnermus

Greek poet

Antimachus of Colophon

Greek poet and scholar

Nonnus

Greek poet

Quintus Smyrnaeus

Greek poet

Choerilus

Greek epic poet

Rhianus

Greek poet and scholar

Colluthus of Lycopolis

Greek poet

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Roman author

Ion of Chios

Greek poet

Pindar

Greek poet

Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence: Sappho and Alcaeus

Alcaeus

Greek poet

Simonides of Ceos

Greek poet

Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence: Sappho and Alcaeus

Sappho

Greek poet

Archilochus

Greek author

Anacreon, Roman copy of a 5th-century-bc bust by Phidias; in the Louvre, Paris.

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Greek poet

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Greek lyric poet

Callimachus

Greek poet and scholar

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