5th century BC in poetry

Centuries in poetry:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades in poetry:	90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 00s
Centuries:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC

NOTE THAT DATES IN THIS PERIOD ARE OFTEN ESTIMATED OR DISPUTED

Ancient Greece

Poets (by date of birth)

• Phrynichus (tragic poet) (6th c. BCE - post 475 BCE) ^[1]
• Aeschylus (525 - 456 BCE) ^[2]
• Pindar (ca. 518 - ca. 438 BCE) ^[3]
• Sophocles (495 - 405 BCE) ^[4]
• Euripides (480 - 406 BCE) ^[5]
• Critias (460 - 403 BCE) ^[6]
• Aristophanes (ca. 460 - 403 BCE) ^[7]
• Phrynichus (comic poet) (5th c. BCE) ^[8]

Citations

1. OCD, sv Phrynicus (1)
2. Brunet et al., 5
3. Brunet et al, 356
4. Brunet et al, 392
5. Brunet et al, 107
6. OCD, sv Critias
7. OCD, sv Aristophanes (1)
8. OCD, sv Phrynicus (2)

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.