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Agathias,
- A.D. 530
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Akahito, Yamabe no
- 700 AD – 736 AD
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al-Buhturi,
- 820 – 897
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al-Farazdaq,
- c. 641 – c. 728 – 730
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al-Khansa,
- d. c. 645
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Aneurin,
- 7th Century
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Angilbert,
- – 814
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Antimachus,
- 400 b.c
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Arator,
- 6th C. E.
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Aratus,
- b. 315 b.c.
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Archestratus,
- 330 b.c.
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Archilochus,
- 680 BC – 645 BC
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Archilochus,
- 700 B.C.
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Archippus,
- 5th century b.c.
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Arctinus,
- 744 b.c.
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Arion,
- 625 b.c.
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Aristophanes,
- c. 448 – 385 b.c
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus
- 310 – 395
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Bacchylides,
- 5th century BC
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Bai, Li
- c. 701 – 762
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Baratynski, Jewgenij Abramovich
- 800 – 1844
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Binwang, Luo
- 640 – 684
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Chaeremon,
- 4th century b.c.
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Chiwon, Choe
- born 857
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Choerilus,
- 524 B.C.
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Christodorus,
- A.D. 491 – 518
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Coeffeteau, Nicolas
- 574 – 1623
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Confucius,
- 551 – 479 BCE
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Corinna,
- 500 B.C.
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Corippus, Flavius Cresconius
- 6th A.D.
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Cratinus,
- 520 – 423 B.C
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Dao, Jia
- 779 – 843
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Diagoras,
- 5th century b.c.
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Dracontius, Blossius Aemilius
- 5th century a.d.
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Ennodius, Magnus Felix
- a.d. 474 – 521
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Ephrem the Syrian,
- 4th century a.d.
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Epicharmus,
- c. 540 – 450 b.c.
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Epimenides,
- 6th century b.c.
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Erinna,
- 350 b.c.
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Eupolis,
- c. 446 – 411 b.c.
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Euripides,
- 80 – 406 b.c.
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Fabricius, Georg
- 516 – 1571
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Fáy, András
- 786 – 1864
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Fergusson, Robert
- 750 – 1774
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Filicaja, Vincenzo Da
- 642 – 1707
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Firdousi,
- 329
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Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus
- 530 – 609
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Fu, Du
- 712 – 770
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Haoran, Meng
- 689 or 691 – 740
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Homer,
- c. 750
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ibn Abî Sûlmâ, Zuhayr
- 520 – 609
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Juyi, Bai
- 772 – 846
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Khosrovidukht,
- 8th c.
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Mu, Du
- 803 – 852
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Pampa, Adikavi
- 902
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Pisida, George
- 7th century a.d.
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Po, Li
- c. 701 – 762
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Pythagoras,
- 570 BC – c. 495 BC
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Qian, Tao
- 365 – 427
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Rixiu, Pi
- c. 834 – 883
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Sappho,
- 630 BC / 612 BC – 570BC
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Shaddad, Antara Ibn
- 525 – 608
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Shangyin, Li
- 813 – 858
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Sinha, Amara
- fl. c. AD 375
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Thiruvalluvar,
- 2nd BC – 8th Century AC
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Wei, Wang
- 701 – 761
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Xiaoxiao, Su
- died c. 501 AD
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Yu, Han
- 768 – 824
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