(fl. c. 400 BC) Polyeidos (poet) (fl. c. 400 BC) Poseidippus of Pella (c. 310 BC – c. 240 BC) Poseidippus of Cassandreia (316 BC – c. 250 BC) Pratinas (fl. c. 500 BC) Praxilla (5th century BC) Q Quintus Smyrnaeus (c. 4th century AD), Imperial-period poet who wrote the 14-book epic poem Posthomerica. R Rhyanus poet and grammarian, native of Crete, friend and contemporary of Eratosthenes (275—195 BC) S Sannyrion, Athenian comic poet of the late 5th century BC. Sappho (Attic Greek Σαπφώ, Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω), lyric poet born on the island of Lesbos in the late 7th century BC; died in 570 BC. Semonides iambic poet, flourished in the middle of the 7th century BC, native of Samos. Simonides of Ceos (c. 556 BC–469 BC), lyric poet born at Ioulis on Kea; named one of the Nine lyric poets. Solon (Greek: Σόλων, c. 638 BC–558 BC. Pronounced sŏ'lōn), famous Athenian lawmaker and lyric poet. Sophocles (c. 497/6 BC – winter 406/5 BC), one of the three surviving Classical Athenian tragedians, with 7 surviving works. Sositheus (fl. c. 280 BC) Sotades (3rd century BC) Stasinus Stesichorus (c. 630 BC – 555 BC) Susarion (fl. early 6th century BC) Syagrus (poet) T Telecleides poet of comedy in the 5th century BC, and violent opponent of Pericles Telesilla (fl. 510 BC) poet, native of Argos Terpander of Antissa in Lesbos; poet and citharode who lived about the first half of the 7th century BC Theocritus 3rd century BC Doric poet of Bucolics and mimes Theodectes (c. 380 BC – c. 340 BCE) Theognis of Megara 6th century BC elegiac poet of aphoristic verses Thespis (fl. 6th century BC) Thestorides of Phocaea Timocles Timocreon of Rhodes, lyric/sympotic poet 5th century BC and bitter critic of Themistocles Tyrtaeus (fl. late 7th century BC) a Spartan elegiac poet (or Athenian), author of martial verses X Xenocles, (Ξενοκλής), or Zenocles, tragedian, flourished 415 BC See also Ancient Greek literature Lists of poets List of Modern Greek poets Ancient Greek Ancient Greek literature Poets Poets