3rd century BC in poetry

This article describes aspects of poetry in the 3rd century B.C.

Mediterranean World Poets (by date of birth) Apollonius of Rhodes (c. 295 - after 246 BCE), Greek Ennius (239 - 169 BCE), Salento, Latin

Date unknown: Herodas, Greek Theocritus, Greek Anyte of Tegea, Greek woman poet

Works Likely date for the Book of Job, written in Hebrew Aetia by Callimachus

China Poets (by date of birth) Song Yu

Works Chu Ci, the second great anthology of early Chinese poetry

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