Ancient Greece Poets (by date of birth) Phrynichus (tragic poet) (6th c. BC - post 475 BC) OCD, sv Phrynicus (1) Aeschylus (525 - 456 BC) Brunet et al., 5 Pindar (ca. 518 - ca. 438 BC) Brunet et al, 356 Sophocles (495 - 405 BC) Brunet et al, 392 Euripides (480 - 406 BC) Brunet et al, 107 Critias (460 - 403 BC) OCD, sv Critias Aristophanes (ca. 460 - 403 BC) OCD, sv Aristophanes (1) Phrynichus (comic poet) (5th c. BC) OCD, sv Phrynicus (2)
India Events Bimbisara, king of Magadha, hires poets to recite poems to his wife Khema describing the beauty of the monastery at which Gautama Buddha is staying in order to entice her to visit (approximate date)
Citations
References S. Brunet, R. Smith, & S. Trzaskoma (eds. & trans.) (2004) Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation. Hackett Publishing Co.: Indianapolis, IN. S. Hornblower, A. Spawforth, & E. Eidinow (eds.) (2012) The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th ed. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.