Classical & Medieval Poets
26 entries in the Classical & Medieval Poets compendium.
EnheduannaEarliest known named author in world history.Epicharmus of CosGreek dramatist and philosopher, originator of Doric comedy.Fujiwara no ShunzeiLate Heian poet, compiler of the Senzai Wakashū, and master of yugen.HipponaxAncient Greek iambic poet known for vulgar wit and choliambic meter.Ibn al-FaridSultan of Lovers: The Sufi Poet of EcstasyImru' al-QaisPre-Islamic poet and last King of Kinda, known for his Mu'allaqa and legendary quest for vengeance.Jarir ibn AtiyahUmayyad-era Arab poet and satirist from Najd.LabidArab poet and companion of Muhammad, author of a Mu'allaqat poem.Li ShangyinLate Tang poet of imagist and untitled verseLivius AndronicusGreco-Roman poet, first to write Latin drama and literature.Lucius AcciusRoman tragic poet and scholar of bold language and reform.Ludovico AriostoPoet of chivalric satire and the humanist smileLu YouPatriotic poet of the Southern SongMa ZhiyuanYuan dynasty dramatist and poet known for sanqu lyrics.EnniusFather of Roman poetry; author of the epic Annales.Gawain PoetAnonymous author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and three other poems.Gnaeus NaeviusRoman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period, inventor of the Praetextae Fabulae and author of the…Gottfried von StrassburgAuthor of the Middle High German romance Tristan.HrotsvithaSecular canoness, first female playwright of the Latin West.IbycusAncient Greek lyric poet of pederastic and mythological verse.JamiPersian Sufi poet and scholar of the Naqshbandi order.Jayadeva12th-century Sanskrit poet and author of the Gita Govinda.John GowerEnglish poet, contemporary of Langland, friend of Chaucer.John LydgateEnglish monk and poet of prodigious output.Li HeTang poet of ghostly themes, prevented from exams by taboo.Li QingzhaoSong dynasty poet and essayist, master of ci poetry.
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