4th century BC in poetry
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The Hellenistic World
Poets (by date of birth)
- Aratus of Soli (c. 315/310 - 240 BCE), Macedonia, in Greek
- Theocritus (c. 310 - c. 250 BCE), in Greek
- Callimachus (c. 305 - c. 240 BCE), Alexandria, in Greek
Works
China
Poets (by date of birth)
- Qu Yuan (340 - 278 BCE)
Works
- Chu Ci, the second great anthology of early Chinese poetry