3rd century BC in poetry

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

Centuries in poetry:	4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades in poetry:	90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 00s
Centuries:	4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC

NOTE THAT DATES IN THIS PERIOD ARE OFTEN ESTIMATED OR DISPUTED

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

China

Poets (by date of birth)

• Song Yu

Works

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