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Flourished	c.300 BCE - c.251 BCE
Notable Works	“Alexandra”

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Greek poet

Stesichorus

Greek poet

Xenophanes

Greek poet and philosopher

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Homer

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Pindar

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Hesiod

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Alcaeus

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Simonides of Ceos

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Sappho

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Archilochus

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Anacreon

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Bacchylides

Greek lyric poet

Callimachus

Greek poet and scholar

Empedocles

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Ibycus

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