Classical & Medieval Poets
26 entries in the Classical & Medieval Poets compendium.
EnheduannaEarliest known named author in world history.EnniusFather of Roman poetry; author of the epic Annales.Epicharmus of CosGreek dramatist and philosopher, originator of Doric comedy.Fujiwara no ShunzeiHeian poet who compiled the seventh imperial waka anthology.Gnaeus NaeviusRoman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period.Gottfried von StrassburgAuthor of the Middle High German romance *Tristan*.HipponaxAncient Greek iambic poet known for vulgar wit and choliambic meter.HrotsvithaSecular canoness, first female playwright of the Latin West.Ibn al-FaridArab Sufi poet, called sultan of lovers.IbycusAncient Greek lyric poet of pederastic and mythological verse.Imru' al-QaisPre-Islamic poet and last King of Kinda.Gawain PoetAnonymous author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and three other poems.JamiPersian Sufi poet and scholar of the Naqshbandi order.Jarir ibn AtiyahUmayyad-era Arab poet and satirist from Najd.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.LabidArab poet and companion of Muhammad, author of a Mu'allaqat poem.Li HeTang poet of ghostly themes, prevented from exams by taboo.Li QingzhaoSong dynasty poet and essayist, master of ci poetry.Li ShangyinLate Tang poet known for imagist, untitled verse.Livius AndronicusGreco-Roman poet, first to write Latin drama and literature.Lucius AcciusRoman tragic poet and literary scholar of the 2nd–1st century BC.Ludovico AriostoItalian poet who authored *Orlando Furioso*.Lu YouSouthern Song poet and historian known for patriotic verse.Ma ZhiyuanYuan dynasty dramatist and poet known for sanqu lyrics.
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